Ecuador — Fish and Fish Products — Squid & Octopus
Ecuador received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Squid & Octopus, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2025-Q1. The most-cited issue is cadmium. The list below gives each of these 1 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result and 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 1 quarter
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.1491 cadmium in squids from Ecuador Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched. Result 2,9 ± 0,5 (limit 1,0 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned squid & octopus from Ecuador 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: official control on the market 100%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| 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 |
- 2022.5570 alertCadmium in giant squid arms from Lithuania Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 12,8 ± 1,79; 13,9 ± 1,79 (limit 1,0 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
Data and downloads
Download all 2 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 →