29 notifications on fish and fish products from Ecuador since 1 January 2020. That is 12% of all EU notifications on products from Ecuador and 2% of all notifications on fish and fish products from any origin; Ecuador ranks 15 of 89 origins for this category. 6 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 7 in the 365 days before, down 14%.
Most reported: mercury (9), cadmium (6) and spoilage or decomposition (5). 41% were border rejections (26% for fish and fish products from all origins) and 45% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were tuna (17), fish (2) and swordfish (2).
Counts start on 1 January 2020 and run to 8 November 2026, the day the list was last read. A notification that names two countries of origin counts for each. Findings come from our word list matched against the EU subject line, which is never shown; 96% of all notifications match it, the rest count as other finding. Each reference links to the official record on RASFF Window. How this works.
Latest notifications on fish and fish products from Ecuador
The newest 25 of 29, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: spoilage or decomposition in fish from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8209, validated 16 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: spoilage or decomposition in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8103, validated 14 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: spoilage or decomposition in fish from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8089, validated 14 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: spoilage or decomposition in fish from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8096, validated 14 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: spoilage or decomposition in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8080, validated 14 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: histamine in tuna from Ecuador and Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7440, validated 23 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: histamine in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5253, validated 10 July 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for tuna from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5216, validated 9 July 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: cadmium in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3218, validated 29 April 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: mercury in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.1483, validated 3 March 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: cadmium in fish from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.1491, validated 3 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: mercury in fish from Ecuador, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8968, validated 4 December 2024.
- Information for attention notified by France: sulphites above the permitted level in fish from Ecuador, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.8367, validated 13 November 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for tuna from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6727, validated 6 September 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Ecuador, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6690, validated 5 September 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for tuna from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.5973, validated 5 August 2024.
- Information for attention notified by France: mercury in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.5899, validated 1 August 2024.
- Information for attention notified by France: cadmium in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.3473, validated 30 April 2024.
- Information for attention notified by France: mercury in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8703, validated 18 December 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: mercury in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7440, validated 31 October 2023.
- Alert notified by Portugal: mercury in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7288, validated 14 December 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for tuna from Ecuador, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.6630, validated 25 November 2022.
- Alert notified by Germany: cadmium in fish from Ecuador, risk decision serious, reference 2022.5570, validated 26 September 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for tuna from Ecuador, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.5596, validated 18 October 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: pesticide residues and cadmium in tuna from Ecuador, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2529, validated 19 May 2021.
More: all notifications on products from Ecuador and fish and fish products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 6 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 12 | 41% |
| Alert | 5 | 17% |
| Information for attention | 12 | 41% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 13 | 45% |
| Potentially serious | 3 | 10% |
| Potential risk | 10 | 34% |
| Not serious | 2 | 7% |
| Undecided | 1 | 3% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 9 | 31% |
| Cadmium | 6 | 21% |
| Spoilage or decomposition | 5 | 17% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 3 | 10% |
| Poor temperature control or heat treatment | 3 | 10% |
| Histamine | 2 | 7% |
| Sulphites above the permitted level | 1 | 3% |
| Pesticide residues | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Tuna | 17 |
| Fish | 2 |
| Swordfish | 2 |
| Shark | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 7 | 24% |
| France | 6 | 21% |
| Poland | 6 | 21% |
| Italy | 4 | 14% |
| Portugal | 3 | 10% |
| Germany | 2 | 7% |
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