38 notifications on bivalve molluscs from Ireland since 1 January 2020. That is 17% of all EU notifications on products from Ireland and 6% of all notifications on bivalve molluscs from any origin; Ireland ranks 5 of 30 origins for this category. 10 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 9 in the 365 days before, up 11%.
Most reported: norovirus (17), E. coli above the hygiene limit (8) and marine biotoxins (5). 0% were border rejections (3% for bivalve molluscs from all origins) and 53% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were oysters (20), mussels (13) and clams (3).
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 bivalve molluscs from Ireland
The newest 25 of 38, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by France: E. coli above the hygiene limit in mussels from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9358, validated 21 October 2026.
- Alert notified by France: E. coli above the hygiene limit in mussels from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9341, validated 20 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: E. coli above the hygiene limit and foreign bodies in clams from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8074, validated 11 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Ireland: marine biotoxins and illness reported after eating it in scallops from Ireland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7866, validated 7 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: a finding outside our word list in mussels from Ireland, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3843, validated 30 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Ireland: marine biotoxins in mussels from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2955, validated 7 April 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: norovirus in bivalve molluscs from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2034, validated 11 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: norovirus in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1993, validated 10 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by France: norovirus in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1460, validated 20 February 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: norovirus in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9703, validated 4 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Ireland: Salmonella in mussels from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8157, validated 22 October 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: E. coli above the hygiene limit and foreign bodies in clams from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8125, validated 22 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in mussels from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8075, validated 21 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Ireland: marine biotoxins in mussels from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.2734, validated 11 April 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: norovirus in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.2340, validated 28 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by France: E. coli above the hygiene limit in mussels from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1768, validated 12 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: E. coli above the hygiene limit in mussels from Ireland and Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1031, validated 13 February 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: norovirus in oysters from France, Ireland and the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.0836, validated 6 February 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Finland: norovirus and illness reported after eating it in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.9647, validated 31 December 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: norovirus in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.8216, validated 6 November 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: norovirus in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.3083, validated 17 April 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: norovirus in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.2415, validated 27 March 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Finland: norovirus in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.1829, validated 12 March 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: norovirus in oysters from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.1717, validated 8 March 2024.
- Alert notified by France: E. coli above the hygiene limit in mussels from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2024.1542, validated 4 March 2024.
More: all notifications on products from Ireland and bivalve molluscs from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 9 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 13 | 34% |
| Information for follow up | 1 | 3% |
| Information for attention | 24 | 63% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 20 | 53% |
| Potentially serious | 13 | 34% |
| Potential risk | 1 | 3% |
| Not serious | 1 | 3% |
| Undecided | 3 | 8% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norovirus | 17 | 45% |
| E. coli above the hygiene limit | 8 | 21% |
| Marine biotoxins | 5 | 13% |
| Other finding | 4 | 11% |
| Salmonella | 4 | 11% |
| Foreign bodies | 3 | 8% |
| Illness reported after eating it | 2 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Oysters | 20 |
| Mussels | 13 |
| Clams | 3 |
| Scallops | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 11 | 29% |
| Belgium | 8 | 21% |
| France | 6 | 16% |
| Italy | 4 | 11% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 11% |
| Denmark | 2 | 5% |
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