Japan — Fish and Fish Products
Japan received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Fish and Fish Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are cadmium and mercury. 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 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 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Fish/Seafood | 1 | — | — | mercury |
| Tuna | 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
- 2026.6898 Mecurio y cadmio en pescado procedente de Japón //Mercury and cadmium in fish from Japan Notified by Spain. Result 0,140 ± 0,022 (limit 0,050 mg/kg - ppm). cadmiummercury
- 2021.4447 Rotura cadena de frío atún congelado a granel/ Breakdown of cold chain in bulk tuna Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned fish and fish products from Japan 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%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.3455 alertMercurio por encima de los límites establecidos en atún congelado procedente de España//Mercurio oltre i limiti in tonno congelato dalla Spagna///Mercury Above Limits in Frozen Tuna from Spain Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 2,8±0,2 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
Data and downloads
Download all 3 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
The file holds entries up to 2026-08-04. To get new ones for Japan by email, watch Japan.