India — Fish and Fish Products
India received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Fish and Fish Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ) and histamine.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 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 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrimp / Prawn | 1 | — | — | nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ) |
| Squid & Octopus | 0 | — | — | — |
| Tuna | 0 | — | — | — |
| Other | 0 | — | — | — |
| Other Fish/Seafood | 0 | — | — | — |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.8990 Border rejection notification on nitrofuran metabolites in shrimps from India. Notified by Denmark. nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ)
- 2022.4530 Mismatched species in squid from India Notified by Spain.
- 2022.4275 poor temperature control of frozen yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from India Notified by Spain.
- 2022.2078 Lack of mandatory information on the name and number of the producing establishment Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched.
- 2021.0318 Histamine (500 and 900 mg/kg - ppm) in tuna from India Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result POR ENCIMA DE 900 (limit VALOR MEDIO INFERIOR A 100 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2020.3056 Border rejection Temperature above 13 degrees in Fish (various species) from India Notified by United Kingdom. Destroyed.
- 2020.0664 deteriorated, unfir for human consumption Notified by United Kingdom.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 14 notifications since 2020 concerned fish and fish products from India found after entering the EU — 6 alerts, 8 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 36%, consumer complaint or illness 21%, official control on the market 21%, company's own check 21%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.8821 alertCiguatera poisoning from eating frozen red snapper steak from India Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2025.4582 info: attentionCadmium in frozen squid from India Notified by Malta. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 15.8 (limit 1.0 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2024.6736 alerttoo high content of cadmium in squid from India, via the Netherlands Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2.3 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2024.0052 info: attentionPresenza di Istamina (1440 +/- 226 mg/Kg) in Filetto di Tonnetto Striato Congelato dall'India//Presence of Histamine (1440 +/- 226 mg/Kg) in Frozen Skipjack Tuna Fillet from India Notified by Italy. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 1440 +/- 226 (limit 400 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2023.8484 alertvibrio vulnificus in raw shrimp tails Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result Détecté (limit non détecté null). Vibrio vulnificus
- 2023.4455 info: attentionHistamine in Tuna from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 143. histamine
- 2023.3364 info: attention substitution of speciesin in anguilla bengalensis from India Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result Mastacembelus armatus. fraud
- 2022.3233 info: attentionPossible foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by fresh tuna fish from India via Neatherlands Notified by Czechia. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result lower than 10 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2021.4173 alertElevated levels of cadmium in deep-frozen squid (loligo spp.) from Spain processed with raw material from India. Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. cadmium
- 2021.3878 info: attentionhistamine and E 300 - ascorbic acid unauthorised in frozen yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) from India Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result 860 +/- 43 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). E 300 - ascorbic acidhistamine
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