129 notifications on fish and fish products from Morocco since 1 January 2020. That is 44% of all EU notifications on products from Morocco and 7% of all notifications on fish and fish products from any origin; Morocco ranks 2 of 89 origins for this category. 11 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 7 in the 365 days before, up 57%.
Most reported: Anisakis and other parasites (43), poor temperature control or heat treatment (34) and mercury (17). 76% were border rejections (26% for fish and fish products from all origins) and 39% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were fish (29), sardines (28) and mackerel (18).
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 Morocco
The newest 25 of 129, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: a finding outside our word list in mackerel from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9734, validated 2 November 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for surimi from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9385, validated 21 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Anisakis and other parasites in fish from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9083, validated 13 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: mercury in tuna from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8337, validated 21 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: histamine in sardines from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8254, validated 17 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for fish from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7694, validated 1 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in fish from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6635, validated 27 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: histamine in sardines from Morocco and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2767, validated 31 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Anisakis and other parasites in fish from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1828, validated 5 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for fish from Morocco, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1142, validated 11 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: a finding outside our word list in mackerel from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10093, validated 16 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: mercury in tuna from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7731, validated 9 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: pesticide residues and histamine in sardines from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5415, validated 16 July 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in mackerel from Morocco, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.5393, validated 16 July 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for sardines from Morocco, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.5087, validated 4 July 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: pesticide residues and histamine in mackerel from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5069, validated 4 July 2025.
- Information for attention notified by France: histamine in sardines from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1184, validated 19 February 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: histamine in sardines from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9168, validated 11 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Anisakis and other parasites in hake from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6960, validated 18 September 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Anisakis and other parasites in fish from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6807, validated 11 September 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for sardines from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6806, validated 11 September 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for mackerel from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6725, validated 6 September 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for sardines from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.5974, validated 5 August 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: histamine in mackerel from Morocco, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5775, validated 26 July 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for mackerel from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.5754, validated 26 July 2024.
More: all notifications on products from Morocco and fish and fish products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 40 |
| 2022 | 35 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 10 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 98 | 76% |
| Alert | 5 | 4% |
| Information for follow up | 1 | under 1% |
| Information for attention | 25 | 19% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 50 | 39% |
| Potentially serious | 1 | under 1% |
| Potential risk | 12 | 9% |
| Not serious | 41 | 32% |
| Undecided | 24 | 19% |
| No risk | 1 | under 1% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anisakis and other parasites | 43 | 33% |
| Poor temperature control or heat treatment | 34 | 26% |
| Mercury | 17 | 13% |
| Histamine | 15 | 12% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 11 | 9% |
| Insects or pest damage | 8 | 6% |
| Other finding | 5 | 4% |
| Foreign bodies | 3 | 2% |
| Microbial contamination or high bacterial counts | 2 | 2% |
| Pesticide residues | 2 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Fish | 29 |
| Sardines | 28 |
| Mackerel | 18 |
| Anchovies | 7 |
| Hake | 7 |
| Tuna | 4 |
| Swordfish | 3 |
| Monkfish | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 113 | 88% |
| France | 5 | 4% |
| Italy | 4 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Belgium | 1 | under 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | under 1% |
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