Russia — Fish and Fish Products
Russia received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fish and Fish Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is newly active in the last year. The list below gives each of these 4 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: 50%; Held, final fate not recorded: 50%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Fish/Seafood | 2 | — | — | — |
"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
- 2026.3600 Temperature failure of frozen fish from Russia Notified by Norway. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2025.6638 Manufacturing plant registered as freezer vessel for Herring Filet (Clupea palasii) from Russia via South Korea Notified by Germany.
- 2023.0894 Manufacturing plant registered as freezer vessel for Pacific pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) from Russia Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched.
- 2022.5515 Rotura de la cadena de frío en bacalao congelado de Rusia / Poor temperature control in pacific cod from Russia Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 6 notifications since 2020 concerned fish and fish products from Russia found after entering the EU — 6 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 67%, consumer complaint or illness 17%, official control on the market 17%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.5924 info: follow-upObecność martwych pasożytów w rybie wędzonej, pochodzącej z Rosji // Presence of dead parasites in smoked fish from Belarus Notified by Poland. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. insects dead
- 2025.7674 info: attentionLack of veterinary checks on frozen Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) from the Russian Federation, via the Republic of Korea Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2025.7661 info: attentionLack of veterinary checks on frozen Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) from the Russian Federation, via the Republic of Korea Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2024.8136 info: attentionPresenza di parassiti vivi e vitali in filetti di baccalà/Presence of parasites in cod from Russia via Singapore Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2021.6878 info: follow-upToo high content of benzoic acid and sorbic acid in dried fish from Russia Notified by Lithuania. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 2352 ± 94,1. E 200 - sorbic acidE 210 - benzoic acid
- 2021.6032 info: attentionarsenic (11.2 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen cod (Gadus Morhua) from Russia Notified by Poland. At the EU border. Result 11,2 +-2,02. arsenic
Data and downloads
Download all 10 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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