Ecuador — Fish and Fish Products
Ecuador received 10 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fish and Fish Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are cadmium and mercury.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuna | 6 | — | mercury |
| Other | 2 | — | — |
| Other Fish/Seafood | 1 | — | — |
| Squid & Octopus | 1 | — | cadmium |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8209 PolandThe goods present organoleptically altered lesions-swollen pouch (bombage)
- 2026.8103 PolandThe tuna in a sun-dried tomato dressing present organoleptically altered lesions- swollen cans (bombage)
- 2026.8096 Polandbombage in canned fish from Ecuador
- 2026.8089 PolandThe goods present organoleptically altered lesions-swollen pouch (bombage)
- 2026.8080 PolandThe tuna in a sun-dried tomato dressing present organoleptically altered lesions-swollen cans (bombage)
- 2025.5216 SpainRotura de cadena de frío en lomos de atún de Ecuador / Breaking the cold chain in tuna loins from Ecuador
- 2025.1491 Portugalcadmium in squids from Ecuador cadmium
- 2025.1483 PortugalMercury in tuna (Thunnus albacares) mercury
- 2024.6727 SpainRuptura de la cadena de frío en atún de Ecuador. Cold chain break in tuna from Ecuador.
- 2024.5973 SpainRuptura de la cadena de frío en atún de Ecuador. Break in the cold chain in tuna from Ecuador.
- 2022.6630 SpainConservas atún sin Certificado Sanitario Oficial de Ecuador / Canned tuna without Official Health Certificate from Ecuador
- 2020.1199 SpainCHEDP.ES.2020.0001147
- 2019.3183 Portugalfood - border control - consignment detained - border rejection notification - frozen anchovies - cadmium - ecuador cadmium