22 notifications on fish and fish products from India since 1 January 2020. That is under 1% of all EU notifications on products from India and 1% of all notifications on fish and fish products from any origin; India ranks 22 of 89 origins for this category. 3 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 1 in the 365 days before, up 200%.
Most reported: histamine (6), cadmium (3) and illness reported after eating it (3). 32% were border rejections (26% for fish and fish products from all origins) and 59% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were tuna (8), snapper or grouper (2) and eels (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 India
The newest 22 of 22, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Italy: histamine in tuna from India, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9247, validated 19 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Denmark: veterinary medicine residues in fish from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8990, validated 9 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: marine biotoxins and illness reported after eating it in snapper or grouper from India, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8821, validated 11 November 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Malta: cadmium in fish from India, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4582, validated 19 June 2025.
- Alert notified by Switzerland: cadmium in fish from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6736, validated 6 September 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: histamine in tuna from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0052, validated 3 January 2024.
- Alert notified by France: Vibrio in fish from India, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8484, validated 8 December 2023.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: histamine in tuna from India, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4455, validated 3 July 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: fraud or adulteration for eels from India, risk decision no risk, reference 2023.3364, validated 19 May 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for fish from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.4530, validated 3 August 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for swordfish from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.4275, validated 21 July 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Czechia: illness reported after eating it in tuna from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.3233, validated 1 June 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: labelling faults for fish from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.2078, validated 7 April 2022.
- Alert notified by Spain: cadmium in fish from India and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4173, validated 5 August 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: histamine and an unauthorised additive in tuna from India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.3878, validated 22 July 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: an unauthorised additive in tuna from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.0868, validated 18 February 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: histamine in tuna from India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.0318, validated 21 January 2021.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: poor temperature control or heat treatment for fish from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.3056, validated 28 July 2020.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: histamine in tuna from India, risk decision serious, reference 2020.2535, validated 22 June 2020.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: marine biotoxins and illness reported after eating it in snapper or grouper from India, risk decision serious, reference 2020.2254, validated 1 June 2020.
- Alert notified by Germany: mercury in fish from India, risk decision serious, reference 2020.1803, validated 29 April 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: spoilage or decomposition in fish from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.0664, validated 11 February 2020.
More: all notifications on products from India and fish and fish products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 2 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 7 | 32% |
| Alert | 7 | 32% |
| Information for attention | 8 | 36% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 13 | 59% |
| Potential risk | 1 | 5% |
| Not serious | 2 | 9% |
| Undecided | 5 | 23% |
| No risk | 1 | 5% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Histamine | 6 | 27% |
| Cadmium | 3 | 14% |
| Illness reported after eating it | 3 | 14% |
| Marine biotoxins | 2 | 9% |
| Poor temperature control or heat treatment | 2 | 9% |
| An unauthorised additive | 2 | 9% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 1 | 5% |
| Fraud or adulteration | 1 | 5% |
| Labelling faults | 1 | 5% |
| Mercury | 1 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Tuna | 8 |
| Snapper or grouper | 2 |
| Eels | 1 |
| Fish | 1 |
| Swordfish | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 6 | 27% |
| Spain | 4 | 18% |
| Germany | 2 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 9% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
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