18 notifications on fish and fish products from Ghana since 1 January 2020. That is 18% of all EU notifications on products from Ghana and 1% of all notifications on fish and fish products from any origin; Ghana ranks 25 of 89 origins for this category. 0 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 1 in the 365 days before, down 100%.
Most reported: illegal import or unapproved establishment (7), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (7) and spoilage or decomposition (2). 89% were border rejections (26% for fish and fish products from all origins) and 33% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were smoked fish (11) and sardines (1).
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 Ghana
The newest 18 of 18, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.3720, validated 19 May 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.4818, validated 24 June 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents and labelling faults for fish from Ghana, risk decision no risk, reference 2024.1599, validated 6 March 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8841, validated 21 December 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7229, validated 24 October 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision serious, reference 2023.5896, validated 31 August 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision serious, reference 2023.5299, validated 4 August 2023.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: a finding outside our word list in fish from Ghana, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3860, validated 22 September 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: spoilage or decomposition in smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.3738, validated 14 September 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: illegal import or unapproved establishment for fish from Ghana, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.3715, validated 11 September 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: illegal import or unapproved establishment for smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.3722, validated 11 September 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: illegal import or unapproved establishment for smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.3023, validated 24 July 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: spoilage or decomposition in fish from Ghana, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.2324, validated 5 June 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: illegal import or unapproved establishment for smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.2267, validated 2 June 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: illegal import or unapproved establishment for fish from Ghana, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.1864, validated 4 May 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in sardines from Ghana, risk decision serious, reference 2020.1219, validated 16 March 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: illegal import or unapproved establishment for smoked fish from Ghana, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.1026, validated 3 March 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: illegal import or unapproved establishment for fish from Ghana, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.0734, validated 13 February 2020.
More: all notifications on products from Ghana and fish and fish products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 0 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 16 | 89% |
| Information for attention | 2 | 11% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 6 | 33% |
| Not serious | 9 | 50% |
| Undecided | 2 | 11% |
| No risk | 1 | 6% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Illegal import or unapproved establishment | 7 | 39% |
| Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) | 7 | 39% |
| Spoilage or decomposition | 2 | 11% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 1 | 6% |
| Labelling faults | 1 | 6% |
| Other finding | 1 | 6% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Smoked fish | 11 |
| Sardines | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 11 | 61% |
| Belgium | 6 | 33% |
| Portugal | 1 | 6% |
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