China — Fish and Fish Products — Tuna
China received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Tuna, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issue is histamine. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Held, final fate not recorded: 100%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.7965 Poor temperature control in frozen tuna from China // Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atunes congelados de China Notified by Spain.
- 2025.6472 histamina en melva de China// histamin in tuna from China Notified by Spain. Result 138 ± 27 mg/kg; 161 ± 31 mg/kg; 212 ± 41 mg/kg; 183 ± 36 mg/kg ; 152 ± 30 mg/kg; 250 ± 49… histamine
- 2022.5491 Ausencia de garantías de certificación en atún congelado de China -Improper health certificate in frozen tuna from China Notified by Spain.
- 2021.4916 poor temperature control on frozen yellowfin tuna from China Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned tuna from China found after entering the EU — 1 alerts. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 100%.
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| Year | Total | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2022.3325 alertHistamine in canned tuna in sunflower oil from China Notified by Spain. Company's own check, not on the market. Result > 500. histamine
Data and downloads
Download all 5 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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