RASFF Border Rejections Notified by Spain
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Spain issued 1,176 RASFF border rejections between 2019 and 2026, 11.8% of all EU border rejections in the dataset. The origins it rejects most often are China, Morocco, India. Its most-rejected product category is Fish and Fish Products. Volume in 2025 was down 30% on 2024.
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Key figures
- What Spain does with rejected consignments, since 2020
- Held, final fate not recorded: 66%; Destroyed: 15%; Not stated: 10%; Re-dispatched: 6%; Treated, sorted or diverted: 3%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 1% (all EU border rejections: held, final fate not recorded 33%; destroyed 21%; re-dispatched 19%; re-dispatched or destroyed 13%; treated, sorted or diverted 8%; not stated 6%). Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Border rejections notified by Spain, by year
| Year | Border rejections | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | 106 | — | |
| 2021 | 372 | +250.9% | |
| 2022 | 208 | -44.1% | |
| 2023 | 134 | -35.6% | |
| 2024 | 152 | +13.4% | |
| 2025 | 106 | -30.3% | |
| 2026 | 92 | — | YTD |
| Total | 1,176 |
Origins most rejected by Spain
| # | Origin country | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 141 |
| 2 | Morocco | 139 |
| 3 | India | 93 |
| 4 | Brazil | 89 |
| 5 | United States | 59 |
| 6 | Ecuador | 55 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 49 |
| 8 | Turkey | 39 |
| 9 | Chile | 33 |
| 10 | Argentina | 30 |
| 11 | Pakistan | 28 |
| 12 | Peru | 26 |
| 13 | Colombia | 24 |
| 14 | Mauritania | 23 |
| 15 | Egypt | 22 |
| 16 | Australia | 17 |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 17 |
| 18 | Mexico | 16 |
| 19 | Nigeria | 16 |
| 20 | Vietnam | 15 |
| 21 | Iran | 14 |
| 22 | Spain | 14 |
| 23 | Seychelles | 13 |
| 24 | Uruguay | 11 |
| 25 | Senegal | 10 |
| 26 | South Korea | 7 |
| 27 | Malaysia | 6 |
| 28 | Mozambique | 6 |
| 29 | South Africa | 6 |
| 30 | Algeria | 5 |
Product categories rejected by Spain
| # | Product category | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish and Fish Products | 263 |
| 2 | Fruits and Vegetables | 152 |
| 3 | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 122 |
| 4 | Herbs and Spices | 97 |
| 5 | Other Food Product / Mixed | 78 |
| 6 | Crustaceans and Products Thereof | 76 |
| 7 | Food Contact Materials | 65 |
| 8 | Cereals and Bakery Products | 58 |
| 9 | Cephalopods and Products Thereof | 47 |
| 10 | Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | 36 |
| 11 | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | 29 |
| 12 | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 19 |
| 13 | Confectionery | 19 |
| 14 | Feed Materials | 17 |
| 15 | Bivalve Molluscs and Products Thereof | 14 |
Recent rejections notified by Spain
- 2026.9387 Poor temperature control in shrimp from Ecuador // Ruptura de la cadena de frío en langostinos de EcuadorFrom Ecuador, Crustaceans and Products Thereof. Destroyed.
- 2026.9385 Poor temperature control in surimi from Morocco // Rotura de cadena de frío en Surimi de MarruecosFrom Morocco, Fish and Fish Products. Destroyed.
- 2026.9083 Anisakis in Lepidopus caudatus // Anisakis en Lepidopus caudatusFrom Morocco, Fish and Fish Products. Destroyed.
- 2026.8823 Salmonella in frozen chicken meat from Brazil // Salmonella en carne de pollo congelada de Brasil From Brazil, Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Destroyed.
- 2026.8761 Salmonella Typhimurium in frozen chicken from Brazil // Salmonella Typhimurium en pollo congelado de BrasilFrom Brazil, Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products.
- 2026.8696 Salmonella Typhimurium in frozen chicken from Brazil // Salmonella thyphimurium en pollo congelado de BrasilFrom Brazil, Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Destroyed.
- 2026.8681 Dried fenugreek leaves in spice mix from India // Hojas secas de fenogreco en mezclas de especias de IndiaFrom India, Herbs and Spices. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.8679 Presence of E-160b above the MRL in Jalebi Mix from India // Presencia de aditivo E-160b por encima del LMR en Jalebi Mix de IndiaFrom India, Other Food Product / Mixed. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.8495 Poor temperature control in frozen hake fillets from Namibia // Ruptura de la cadena de frío en filetes de merluza congelados de NamibiaFrom Namibia, Fish and Fish Products. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.8446 Salmonella Typhimurium in frozen chicken from Brazil // Salmonella Typhimurium en pollo congelado de BrasilFrom Brazil, Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Presencia (limit Ausencia en 25 g CFU/g).
- 2026.8439 Deterioration due to vacuum seel loss in beef from Brazil // Deterioro por pérdida del sellado al vacío en carne de vacuno de BrasilFrom Brazil, Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry). Destroyed.
- 2026.8385 Clorpirifós en mezcla de especias de India // Chlorpyrifos in spice mix from IndiaFrom India, Herbs and Spices. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,05 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm).
- 2026.8384 Global migration exceeding the legal limits in plastic plates from Turkey // migración total por encima el límite establecido en platos de plástico de TurquíaFrom Turkey, Food Contact Materials. Destroyed. Result >LMG Media 104.5 mg /dm2 en ácido acético 3% ±1.3 (limit 10 mg/dm²).
- 2026.8383 Irradiated frozen panga fillets from Vietnam // Filetes de panga congelados de VietnamFrom Vietnam, Fish and Fish Products. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result > 5 (limit 5 ng/g wet weight).
- 2026.8382 Poor temperature control in frozen chicken meat from Brazil // Ruptura de la cadena de frío en carne de pollo congelada de BrasilFrom Brazil, Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.8381 Aflatoxins in pistachios from Iran // Aflatoxinas en pistachos de IránFrom Iran, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Re-dispatched. Result >24.0 μg/kg SUBMUESTRA 2 = 21.5 μg/kg (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.8347 Aflatoxins in pistachios from Iran // Aflatoxinas en pistachos de IránFrom Iran, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Re-dispatched. Result SUBMUESTRA A: Suma 15.7 Aflatoxina B1 14.2 μg/kg SUBMUESTRA B: Aflatoxina B1 10.4 μg/…
- 2026.8308 Irradiated frozen panga fillets from Vietnam // Filetes de panga congelados irradiados de VietnamFrom Vietnam, Fish and Fish Products. Result > 5 (limit 5 ng/g wet weight).
- 2026.8210 Ethylene oxide in cumin seeds from India // Óxido de etileno en semillas de comino de IndiaFrom India, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Result 0.26 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm).
- 2026.8101 Poor temperature control in frozen hash browns from the United Kingdom // Ruptura de la cadena de frío en croquetas de patatas congeladas del Reino Unido From United Kingdom, Fruits and Vegetables.
About RASFF border rejections
What is a RASFF border rejection?
A RASFF border rejection is a notification filed through the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed recording that a consignment of food or feed was refused entry at the EU's external border after failing an official control. It is one RASFF notification type, alongside alerts and information notifications.
What is the difference between the notifying country and the country of origin?
The notifying country is the EU or EEA member state whose authority detected the problem and filed the rejection — for example France or the Netherlands. The country of origin is where the rejected product was produced or shipped from. These pages rank member states by the number of rejections they issued.
Do border rejections protect the single market?
Yes. By stopping non-compliant consignments at the external frontier, border rejections keep unsafe or mislabelled food and feed out of the EU single market, and the shared RASFF record lets every member state act on the same information.