31 notifications on fish and fish products from Portugal since 1 January 2020. That is 20% of all EU notifications on products from Portugal and 2% of all notifications on fish and fish products from any origin; Portugal ranks 12 of 89 origins for this category. 5 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 7 in the 365 days before, down 29%.
Most reported: mercury (24), foreign bodies (3) and histamine (2). 0% were border rejections (26% for fish and fish products from all origins) and 90% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were swordfish (13), shark (7) and fish (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 fish and fish products from Portugal
The newest 25 of 31, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared crustaceans in sardines from Portugal, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8541, validated 25 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7918, validated 8 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7075, validated 10 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in tuna from Portugal, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2039, validated 11 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in hake from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0405, validated 19 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8022, validated 17 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5258, validated 10 July 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3379, validated 7 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2931, validated 18 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Portugal: mercury in shark from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1338, validated 25 February 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1077, validated 14 February 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: mercury in shark from Portugal and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9500, validated 20 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in shark from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5776, validated 26 July 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in shark from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5030, validated 1 July 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in shark from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4950, validated 27 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in fish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4745, validated 20 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in fish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4713, validated 19 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in shark from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4418, validated 7 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2023.3226, validated 15 May 2023.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in fish from Portugal and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2023.2463, validated 12 April 2023.
- Alert notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2023.2335, validated 5 April 2023.
- Alert notified by Spain: mercury in fish fillets from Portugal and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2023.1816, validated 16 March 2023.
- Alert notified by Portugal: histamine in tuna from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7539, validated 23 December 2022.
- Alert notified by France: histamine in sardines from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1967, validated 4 April 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: mercury in swordfish from Portugal, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0699, validated 4 February 2022.
More: all notifications on products from Portugal and fish and fish products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 5 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 27 | 87% |
| Information for follow up | 1 | 3% |
| Information for attention | 3 | 10% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 28 | 90% |
| Potentially serious | 2 | 6% |
| Not serious | 1 | 3% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 24 | 77% |
| Foreign bodies | 3 | 10% |
| Histamine | 2 | 6% |
| Cadmium | 1 | 3% |
| Undeclared crustaceans | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Swordfish | 13 |
| Shark | 7 |
| Fish | 3 |
| Sardines | 2 |
| Tuna | 2 |
| Fish fillets | 1 |
| Hake | 1 |
| Monkfish | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 21 | 68% |
| Spain | 3 | 10% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 6% |
| France | 2 | 6% |
| Portugal | 2 | 6% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
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