97 notifications on fish and fish products from Vietnam since 1 January 2020. That is 20% of all EU notifications on products from Vietnam and 6% of all notifications on fish and fish products from any origin; Vietnam ranks 3 of 89 origins for this category. 24 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 9 in the 365 days before, up 167%.
Most reported: veterinary medicine residues (30), unauthorised irradiation (15) and histamine (12). 29% were border rejections (26% for fish and fish products from all origins) and 51% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were tuna (28), pangasius (21) and catfish (15).
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 Vietnam
The newest 25 of 97, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: veterinary medicine residues in fish fillets from Vietnam, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9835, validated 5 November 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: an unauthorised additive in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9800, validated 4 November 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in fish from Vietnam, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9700, validated 30 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Hungary: veterinary medicine residues in catfish from Vietnam, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9334, validated 20 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: unauthorised irradiation in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9245, validated 19 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: unauthorised irradiation in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9242, validated 19 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: unauthorised irradiation in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9046, validated 12 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: unauthorised irradiation in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9047, validated 12 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) in anchovies from Vietnam, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8794, validated 5 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: unauthorised irradiation in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.8513, validated 25 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: unauthorised irradiation in fish fillets from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8383, validated 22 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: nitrite above the permitted level in tuna from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8311, validated 18 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: unauthorised irradiation in fish fillets from Vietnam, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.8308, validated 18 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: nitrite above the permitted level in tuna from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8060, validated 11 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: unauthorised irradiation in fish fillets from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7964, validated 9 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: nitrite above the permitted level in tuna from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7365, validated 19 August 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: unauthorised irradiation in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6962, validated 5 August 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: Vibrio in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6759, validated 29 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food in fish from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4107, validated 11 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: carbon monoxide treatment in tuna from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3415, validated 21 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: veterinary medicine residues in fish fillets from Vietnam, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3089, validated 10 April 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: unauthorised irradiation and labelling faults in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2473, validated 23 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Greece: an unauthorised additive in tuna from Vietnam, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1165, validated 12 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Slovenia: veterinary medicine residues in fish fillets from Vietnam, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1040, validated 9 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: veterinary medicine residues in catfish from Vietnam, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.7442, validated 29 September 2025.
More: all notifications on products from Vietnam and fish and fish products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 21 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 24 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 28 | 29% |
| Alert | 35 | 36% |
| Information for follow up | 20 | 21% |
| Information for attention | 14 | 14% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 49 | 51% |
| Potentially serious | 7 | 7% |
| Potential risk | 17 | 18% |
| Not serious | 18 | 19% |
| Undecided | 5 | 5% |
| No risk | 1 | 1% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Veterinary medicine residues | 30 | 31% |
| Unauthorised irradiation | 15 | 15% |
| Histamine | 12 | 12% |
| Chlorate | 8 | 8% |
| An unauthorised additive | 8 | 8% |
| Carbon monoxide treatment | 4 | 4% |
| Illness reported after eating it | 3 | 3% |
| Nitrite above the permitted level | 3 | 3% |
| A substance not authorised in the EU | 3 | 3% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 2 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Tuna | 28 |
| Pangasius | 21 |
| Catfish | 15 |
| Fish | 8 |
| Fish fillets | 7 |
| Tilapia | 3 |
| Anchovies | 1 |
| Salmon | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 20 | 21% |
| Germany | 12 | 12% |
| Belgium | 10 | 10% |
| Slovenia | 10 | 10% |
| Italy | 8 | 8% |
| Sweden | 6 | 6% |
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