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Data read on 8 November 2026 from the EU RASFF Window

Fish and fish products: EU food safety alerts

Every EU notification in the category fish and fish products, by origin and finding.

1,724
notifications since 2020
244
in the last 365 days
27
in the last 30 days
26%
border rejections

1,724 notifications on fish and fish products since 1 January 2020, 5% of all EU notifications in that time. 244 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 233 in the 365 days before, up 5%. 26% were border rejections, against 30% across all products, and 56% had a serious risk decision.

The origins named most often were Spain (342), Morocco (129) and Vietnam (97). The findings reported most often were mercury (358), Listeria monocytogenes (265) and histamine (185). The products named most often were tuna (312), salmon (229), swordfish (201) and 1 more.

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

The newest 25 of 1,724, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.

  1. Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: a substance not authorised in the EU in salmon from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9901, validated 6 November 2026.
  2. Border rejection notified by Slovenia: veterinary medicine residues in fish fillets from Vietnam, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9835, validated 5 November 2026.
  3. Information for follow up notified by Romania: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in mackerel from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9634, validated 5 November 2026.
  4. Border rejection notified by Germany: an unauthorised additive in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9800, validated 4 November 2026.
  5. Information for attention notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9748, validated 3 November 2026.
  6. Information for follow up notified by Latvia: Anisakis and other parasites and poor temperature control or heat treatment in mackerel from Latvia, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9727, validated 2 November 2026.
  7. 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.
  8. Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in fish from Vietnam, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9700, validated 30 October 2026.
  9. Alert notified by Italy: mercury in shark from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9571, validated 27 October 2026.
  10. Information for attention notified by Germany: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in salmon from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9560, validated 27 October 2026.
  11. Information for follow up notified by Latvia: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in salmon from Lithuania, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9562, validated 27 October 2026.
  12. Information for attention notified by Italy: mercury in swordfish from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9426, validated 22 October 2026.
  13. 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.
  14. Alert notified by Latvia: Listeria monocytogenes in salmon from Norway, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9350, validated 21 October 2026.
  15. Information for attention notified by Spain: mercury in fish from Tunisia, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9352, validated 21 October 2026.
  16. Information for attention notified by Hungary: veterinary medicine residues in catfish from Vietnam, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9334, validated 20 October 2026.
  17. Alert notified by Slovenia: veterinary medicine residues in fish fillets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9320, validated 20 October 2026.
  18. Alert notified by Denmark: Listeria monocytogenes in trout from Denmark, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9254, validated 19 October 2026.
  19. Alert notified by Italy: histamine in tuna from India, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9247, validated 19 October 2026.
  20. Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: unauthorised irradiation in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9245, validated 19 October 2026.
  21. Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: unauthorised irradiation in pangasius from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9242, validated 19 October 2026.
  22. Information for attention notified by Italy: mercury in tuna from France and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9198, validated 16 October 2026.
  23. Information for attention notified by Ireland: Listeria monocytogenes in salmon from Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9138, validated 14 October 2026.
  24. Border rejection notified by Italy: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in pangasius from Myanmar, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9116, validated 14 October 2026.
  25. Border rejection notified by Spain: Anisakis and other parasites in fish from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9083, validated 13 October 2026.

Origins with their own page for fish and fish products: Spain (342), Morocco (129), Vietnam (97), France (88), Poland (79), Netherlands (79), China (70), Italy (54), Sri Lanka (49), Denmark (45), Norway (34), Portugal (31), United Kingdom (30), Indonesia (30), Ecuador (29), United States (29), Tunisia (25), Lithuania (23), India (22), Belgium (22), Chile (22), Latvia (22), Germany (22), Thailand (19), Ghana (18), Türkiye (16).

The numbers

Notifications per year, fish and fish products
YearNotifications
2020249
2021278
2022248
2023238
2024264
2025236
2026 (to 8 Nov 2026)211
By type of notification
TypeNotificationsShare
Border rejection44226%
Alert49829%
Information for follow up20012%
Information for attention58434%
By risk decision
Risk decisionNotificationsShare
Serious96156%
Potentially serious986%
Potential risk18211%
Not serious34320%
Undecided1287%
No risk12under 1%
Products named most often
ProductNotifications
Tuna312
Salmon229
Swordfish201
Fish160
Mackerel98
Hake54
Sardines48
Fish fillets47
Anchovies41
Herring38
Countries of origin named most often
OriginNotificationsShare
Spain34220%
Morocco1297%
Vietnam976%
France885%
Netherlands795%
Poland795%
China704%
Italy543%
Sri Lanka493%
Denmark453%
Norway342%
Origin not given332%
What was found most often
FindingNotificationsShare
Mercury35821%
Listeria monocytogenes26515%
Histamine18511%
Anisakis and other parasites17910%
Poor temperature control or heat treatment17610%
Insects or pest damage704%
Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents694%
Other finding634%
Veterinary medicine residues593%
An unauthorised additive503%
Foreign bodies443%
Cadmium392%
Countries that notified most often
Notifying countryNotificationsShare
Italy46427%
Spain35020%
France1599%
Netherlands1348%
Germany1086%
Belgium885%
Poland553%
United Kingdom362%

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