28 notifications on cephalopods from India since 1 January 2020. That is 1% of all EU notifications on products from India and 20% of all notifications on cephalopods from any origin; India ranks 1 of 26 origins for this category. 3 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 1 in the 365 days before, up 200%.
Most reported: cadmium (25) and missing or incorrect health certificates and documents (2). 25% were border rejections (46% for cephalopods from all origins) and 93% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were squid (11), octopus (10) and cuttlefish (7).
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 cephalopods from India
The newest 25 of 28, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for attention notified by Cyprus: cadmium in cuttlefish from India, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4156, validated 12 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: cadmium in octopus from India, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1068, validated 10 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: cadmium in squid from India, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10172, validated 18 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: cadmium in squid from India, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4248, validated 5 June 2025.
- Information for attention notified by France: cadmium in squid from India and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7730, validated 22 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: cadmium in octopus from Albania and India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5331, validated 11 July 2024.
- Alert notified by Austria: cadmium in octopus from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.1971, validated 22 March 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: cadmium in octopus from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.1889, validated 13 March 2024.
- Information for attention notified by France: cadmium in octopus from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.1624, validated 7 March 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in octopus from India, risk decision serious, reference 2023.6525, validated 27 September 2023.
- Alert notified by Germany: cadmium in octopus from India, risk decision serious, reference 2023.6464, validated 25 September 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: cadmium in cuttlefish from India, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4118, validated 19 June 2023.
- Alert notified by Italy: cadmium in squid from India, risk decision serious, reference 2023.0466, validated 19 January 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for squid from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.3939, validated 6 July 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: cadmium in cuttlefish from India and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3798, validated 30 June 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for squid from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1781, validated 25 March 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: cadmium in octopus from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1756, validated 24 March 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: cadmium in octopus from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0303, validated 17 January 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: cadmium in squid from India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.6790, validated 10 December 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: cadmium in octopus from India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4214, validated 6 August 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: cadmium in squid from India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.1595, validated 30 March 2021.
- Alert notified by Spain: cadmium in squid from India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.1173, validated 8 March 2021.
- Alert notified by Italy: cadmium in squid from India and Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2021.1006, validated 26 February 2021.
- Alert notified by Switzerland: cadmium in cuttlefish from India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.0581, validated 5 February 2021.
- Alert notified by Switzerland: cadmium in cuttlefish from India and Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2020.5388, validated 27 November 2020.
More: all notifications on products from India and cephalopods from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 2 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 7 | 25% |
| Alert | 9 | 32% |
| Information for attention | 12 | 43% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 26 | 93% |
| Not serious | 1 | 4% |
| Undecided | 1 | 4% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cadmium | 25 | 89% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 2 | 7% |
| Other finding | 1 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Squid | 11 |
| Octopus | 10 |
| Cuttlefish | 7 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 11 | 39% |
| Spain | 6 | 21% |
| Cyprus | 3 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 7% |
| France | 2 | 7% |
| Austria | 1 | 4% |
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