Seychelles — All Categories
Seychelles received 7 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 3 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The list below gives each of these 14 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
- Held, final fate not recorded: 86%; Destroyed: 14%. About 202 tonnes in total. 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 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish and Fish Products | 6 | — | — |
| Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | 1 | — | — |
Recent rejections
- 2026.4980 Rotura de cadena de frío en atún a granel procedente de Seychelles //Poor temperature control in bulk tuna from Seychelles.Fish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2026.4970 Ruptura de cadena de frío en carne de pollo de Brasil // Poor temperature control in chicken meat from BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2026.4969 Rotura de cadena de frío en atún a granel procedente de Seychelles // Poor temperature control in bulk tuna from Seychelles Fish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2025.8338 Rotura de cadena de frío en atún. País de Origen Seychelles // Cold chain breakage in tuna. Country of Origin: SeychellesFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.6733 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún de Seychelles. Cold chain break in tuna from Seychelles.Fish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.4811 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún de Seychelles. Breaking the cold chain in tuna from Seychelles.Fish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.4348 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún de Seychelles. Breakage of the cold chain in tuna from Seychelles.Fish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2022.3574 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún congelado de Seychelles - Poor temperature control in frozen tuna from SeychellesFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3071 Not valid sanitary certificate for Thunnus albacares from SeychellesFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.3070 NO APORTACIÓN CERTIFICADO SANITARIO OFICIAL- Makaira indica; Katsuwonus pelamis-SeychellesFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2020.3921 Rechazo por problemas de frío causados por deterioro del contenedorFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2020.2325 rechazo por temperaturas incorrectas en atunes congelados en salmueraFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2020.2275 Poor temperature control of swordfish and tuna loins from SeychellesFish and Fish Products. Notified by United Kingdom.
- 2020.0273 Poor temperarure control in frozen stripe-bellied bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) from SeychellesFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Seychelles found after entering the EU — 2 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: consumer complaint or illness 50%, at the EU border 50%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2024.0418 info: attentionElevato tenore di istamina in conserva di tonno al naturale/High histamine content in natural canned tuna Notified by Italy. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result 1520. histamine
- 2020.4688 info: attentionMercury in chilled fillets of swordfish from Seychelles Notified by France. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 1.6 mg/kg. mercury
→ See all RASFF notifications for 2026-W43
Data and downloads
Download all 16 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.
The file holds entries up to 2026-06-05. To get new ones for Seychelles by email, watch Seychelles.