Morocco — Fish and Fish Products
Morocco received 17 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fish and Fish Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 7 in 2024-Q3, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Anisakis and histamine. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result and 3 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import fish and fish products from Morocco
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 83%; destroyed 17%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Spain (17), Italy (1), of 18 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- July, September, March, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- anisakis (1), histamine (1).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 7 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Fish/Seafood | 13 | — | — | histamine |
| Other | 5 | — | — | Anisakis |
| Squid & Octopus | 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
- 2026.9385 Poor temperature control in surimi from Morocco // Rotura de cadena de frío en Surimi de Marruecos Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2026.9083 Anisakis in Lepidopus caudatus // Anisakis en Lepidopus caudatus Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2026.7694 Poor temperature control in frozen fish products from Morocco // Ruptura de la cadena de frío en preparados de pescado congelados de Marruecos Notified by Spain.
- 2026.6635 Larvas de anisakis en Scorpaena Scrofaprocedente de Marruecos // Anisakis larvae in Scorpaena scrofa from Morocco Notified by Spain. Reached the market. Anisakis
- 2026.1828 Presencia del parásito Anisakis spp. en pescado fresco de Marruecos//Presence of the Anisakis spp. parasite in fresh fish from Morocco. Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2025.10093 unfavorerable phisical control Iin canned grilled mackerel fillets in water Notified by Italy.
- 2025.5415 Histamina por encima del LMR en sardina de Marruecos. Histamine above the MRL in sardine from Morocco. Notified by Spain. Result 153 mg/kg ±34% - 137 mg/kg ±34% - 215 mg/kg ±34% - 234 mg/kg ±34% - 221 mg/kg ±34% - 206… histamine
- 2025.5393 Higiene deficiente en caballas congeladas de Marruecos. // Poor hygiene in frozen mackerel from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2025.5087 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en sardinas congeladas de Marruecos/ Poor temperature control in frozen sardines from Morocco./ Notified by Spain.
- 2024.6960 Anisakis en huevas de merluza de Marruecos. Anisakis in hake roe from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.6807 Anisakis spp. en pescado fresco de Marruecos. Anisakis spp. in fresh fish form Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.6806 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en sardinas de Marruecos. Cold chain break in sardines from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.6725 Ruptura cadena de frío en caballa de Marruecos. Cold chain break in mackerel from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.5974 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en sardinas de Marruecos. Break of the cold chain in sardines from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.5754 Ruptura cadena de frío en caballa de Marruecos. Cold chain breakdown in mackerel from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.5685 Ruptura cadena de frío en caballa de Marruecos.Cold chain breakdown in mackerel from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.3931 Anisakis spp en huevas de merluza de Marruecos. Anisakis spp in hake roe from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2023.7387 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en caballas de Marruecos. Breakage of the cold chain in mackerel from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
- 2023.6195 Anisakis en pez (San Pedro) de Marruecos. Anisakis in Zeus faber from Morocco Notified by Spain.
- 2023.6193 Anisakis en huevas de merluza de Marruecos. Anisakis in hake roe from Morocco. Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 31 notifications since 2020 concerned fish and fish products from Morocco found after entering the EU — 5 alerts, 26 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 61%, company's own check 16%, consumer complaint or illness 13%, official control on the market 10%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 4 | 1 | 3 |
- 2026.8337 info: attentionMercury in bluefin tuna from Morocco // Mercurio en atún rojo de Marruecos Notified by Spain. At the EU border, destroyed. Result > 1,5 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2026.8254 info: attentionHistamine in canned sardines from Morocco Notified by Germany. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 264 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2026.2767 alertDetección de histamina por encima de los límites legislados en filetes de sardina congelada procedente de Marruecos a través de España//Histamine levels exceeding legal limits detected in frozen sardine fillets from Morocco, via Spain Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result detección de niveles entre 100-200 mg/kg en n=3, y uno de los ejemplares valores por enc… histamine
- 2026.1142 info: follow-upConsignment of fishery products was imported from Morocco without an official control at the border control post. Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2025.7731 info: attentionExcede los límites máximos de mercurio en atún de Marruecos/Exceeds maximum limits of mercury in tuna from Morocco Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result > 1,5 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2025.5069 info: attentionHistamina por encima del LMR en caballa de Marruecos. Histamine above the MRL in mackerel from Morocco Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 546,1 ± 109,2 mg/kg; 11,3 ± 2,3 mg/kg; < 10 mg/kg; < 10 mg/kg; 30,7 ± 6,1 mg/kg; < 10 mg/… histamine
- 2025.1184 info: attentionHistamine in Sardines from Morocco Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 434,9 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2024.9168 info: attentionHistamine in sardinella fillets from Morocco Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result 841,5 (limit 400 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2024.5775 alertHistamine beyond limits in mackerel fillets in olive oil Notified by Italy. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 345 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2023.6289 info: attentionMercurio en atún de Marruecos. Mercury in tuna from Morocco Notified by Spain. At the EU border. Result 1,4 +/- 0,3 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
Data and downloads
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