Norway — All Categories
Norway received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification across all food categories between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume is newly active in the last year. The list below gives each of these 2 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it; 2 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Re-dispatched or destroyed: 100%. About 0 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feed Materials | 1 | — | — |
Recent rejections
- 2026.1770 Organoleptic deviation (ammonia smell) in feed (krill) from Norway via Uruguay.Feed Materials. Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2020.5308 Unauthorised novel food ingredient Inonotus obliquus in malt beerAlcoholic Beverages. Notified by Portugal. Destroyed.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 68 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Norway found after entering the EU — 28 alerts, 40 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 57%, official control on the market 21%, consumer complaint or illness 15%, other 4%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%. 14 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 to date | 7 | 3 | 4 |
- 2026.9350 alertListeria monocytogenes was detected in 25 g samples (5 out of 5) of frozen skinless salmon fillet pieces. Notified by Latvia. Official control on the market, not on the market. Result detected (5 from 5 units) /25g (limit Not approved null). Listeria monocytogenes
- 2026.9007 alertMetal pieces in dog feed Notified by Norway. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2026.8722 info: attentionPossible presence of hard plastic fragment in frozen pizza from Norway Notified by Norway. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2026.8064 info: attentionListeria detected in fresch gutted salmon Notified by Sweden. Company's own check, reached the market. Result detected. Listeria monocytogenes
- 2026.6975 info: follow-upListeria monocytogenes in frozen salmon from Denmark Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result Warning value exceeded. Listeria monocytogenes
- 2026.4755 alertmetal in ice cream Notified by Denmark. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2026.3968 info: follow-upAnisakidae spp. larvae detected in mackerel (Scomber scombrus) from Norway. Notified by Latvia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result In 3 fish, 18–23 Anisakis sp. were detected on the serosal membranes.. Anisakis simplex parasitic infestation with
- 2025.10353 info: follow-upToo high levels of iron in food supplement from Norway Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2025.10008 info: attentionSalmon not suitable for human consumption Notified by Norway. Other.
- 2025.8726 info: follow-upincorrect expiry date (13/11/2026 instead of 13/11/2025) on chilled cod packaged in the Netherlands, with raw material from Norway Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed.
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Data and downloads
Download all 70 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done. Every entry is also listed by year above.
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