29 notifications on fish and fish products from the United States since 1 January 2020. That is 2% of all EU notifications on products from the United States and 2% of all notifications on fish and fish products from any origin; The United States ranks 16 of 89 origins for this category. 5 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 5 in the 365 days before, no change.
Most reported: Anisakis and other parasites (10), poor temperature control or heat treatment (8) and insects or pest damage (7). 86% were border rejections (26% for fish and fish products from all origins) and 7% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were salmon (10), fish oil (4) and tuna (4).
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 the United States
The newest 25 of 29, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for attention notified by Estonia: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in fish fillets from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.7703, validated 1 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents and labelling faults for fish from the United States, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7617, validated 28 August 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in cod from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3099, validated 13 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for fish from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.2359, validated 19 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for surimi from the United States, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.8967, validated 17 November 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: Anisakis and other parasites in salmon from the United States, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.3679, validated 16 May 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: Anisakis and other parasites in salmon from the United States, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.3200, validated 29 April 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in salmon from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.0901, validated 10 February 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for hake from the United States, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0663, validated 31 January 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Croatia: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in hake from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.0116, validated 8 January 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in salmon from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.8384, validated 6 December 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in salmon from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.8386, validated 6 December 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in salmon from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.8385, validated 6 December 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for salmon from the United States, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7357, validated 27 October 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: a finding outside our word list in fish oil from the United States, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.4671, validated 11 July 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: a finding outside our word list in fish oil from the United States, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.4660, validated 11 July 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: a finding outside our word list in fish oil from the United States, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.4658, validated 11 July 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: a finding outside our word list in fish oil from the United States, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.4655, validated 11 July 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in tuna from the United States, risk decision undecided, reference 2023.2089, validated 28 March 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in tuna from the United States, risk decision undecided, reference 2023.2066, validated 27 March 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in tuna from the United States, risk decision undecided, reference 2023.2065, validated 27 March 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in tuna from the United States, risk decision undecided, reference 2023.2063, validated 27 March 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Lithuania: mercury in fish from the United States, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3532, validated 15 June 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for surimi from the United States, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.2832, validated 12 May 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: poor temperature control or heat treatment for cod from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.0400, validated 21 January 2022.
More: all notifications on products from the United States and fish and fish products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 4 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 25 | 86% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 7% |
| Information for attention | 2 | 7% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 2 | 7% |
| Potentially serious | 2 | 7% |
| Potential risk | 7 | 24% |
| Not serious | 12 | 41% |
| Undecided | 6 | 21% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anisakis and other parasites | 10 | 34% |
| Poor temperature control or heat treatment | 8 | 28% |
| Insects or pest damage | 7 | 24% |
| Other finding | 4 | 14% |
| A substance not authorised in the EU | 4 | 14% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 2 | 7% |
| Labelling faults | 1 | 3% |
| Mercury | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Salmon | 10 |
| Fish oil | 4 |
| Tuna | 4 |
| Cod | 3 |
| Hake | 2 |
| Surimi | 2 |
| Fish | 1 |
| Fish fillets | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 8 | 28% |
| Portugal | 8 | 28% |
| Belgium | 3 | 10% |
| Germany | 3 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Austria | 1 | 3% |
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