Ecuador — Fish and Fish Products — Other Fish/Seafood
Ecuador received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Other Fish/Seafood, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issue is cadmium. The list below gives each of these 2 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Re-dispatched: 100%. About 0 tonnes in total. 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 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8096 bombage in canned fish from Ecuador Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2019.3183 food - border control - consignment detained - border rejection notification - frozen anchovies - cadmium - ecuador Notified by Portugal. cadmium
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned other fish/seafood from Ecuador found after entering the EU — 3 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 67%, official control on the market 33%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2024.6690 info: attentionHg in swordfish from Ecuador Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result 1.87 +/- 0.57 (limit 1.0 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2021.1462 info: attentionCadmium exceeding regulatory maximal level in fish (Katsuwonus (Euthynnus) pelamis from Ecuador Notified by France. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,27 +/- 0,03 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2020.2503 info: attentionMercury in chilled swordfish loins from SPAIN Notified by France. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2,260 +/- 0,226 (limit 1,0 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
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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Ecuador country report since 2020 — all notification types, not just border rejections →