China — Fish and Fish Products — Other
China received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2023-Q1 and 2025-Q4. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issue is egg. The list below gives each of these 9 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result and 6 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Re-dispatched: 50%; Held, final fate not recorded: 50%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.10216 cold chain break for Alaska Fillets from China Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.7748 Rotura de cadena de frío. Merluza. China. / Break in the cold chain. Hake. China. Notified by Spain.
- 2021.6481 unauthorised operator for egg ingredient in surimi from China Notified by Spain.
- 2021.4134 Poor temperature control of frozen Atheresthes stomias from China Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.4135 Cold chain break in Oncorhynchus gorbuscha from China Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.5280 cold chain break in fillets of searobin (Lepidotrigla microptera) Notified by Italy. Destroyed.
- 2021.1620 CHEDP.ES.2021.0008851R Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2020.0771 egg protein undeclared in crab sticks surimi from China Notified by Spain. Result DETECCIÓN DE PROTEÍNAS DE HUEVO (limit ausencia mg/kg - ppm). egg
- 2020.0533 poor temperature control in frozen saithe loins from China Notified by Norway. Re-dispatched.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 6 notifications since 2020 concerned other from China found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 5 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: at the EU border 50%, official control on the market 17%, company's own check 17%, consumer complaint or illness 17%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 0 | 2 |
- 2026.4678 info: attentionVerifica di specie non favorevole in surimi origine Cina/Verification of unfavorable species in surimi originating in China Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2026.2078 info: follow-upLack of import controls on caviar from China, via Italy Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2025.9665 alertHistamine in Mahi Mahi fillets from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 379 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2024.1009 info: follow-upChlorates in Oncorhynchus gorbuscha from China Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,40 (counter analysis: 0,39) (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). chlorate
- 2022.1650 info: attentionPresence of bones in hake fillets labelled "boneless". Notified by France. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2020.2797 info: attentionImproper health certifcate for frozen sand eel from China Notified by United Kingdom. At the EU border, not on the market.
Data and downloads
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