South Africa — Fish and Fish Products — Other
South Africa received 5 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2021-Q2 and 2024-Q1. Volume is falling year-on-year. The most-cited issue is Anisakis simplex parasitic infestation with. The list below gives each of these 6 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 100%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2021-Q2 | 0 |
| 2021-Q3 | 0 |
| 2021-Q4 | 2 |
| 2022-Q1 | 0 |
| 2022-Q2 | 0 |
| 2022-Q3 | 0 |
| 2022-Q4 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 2 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2024.0292 Anisakis simplex in frozen burbot (Genypterus capensis) fillet from SA Notified by Poland. Destroyed. Anisakis simplex parasitic infestation with
- 2023.2000 improper health certificate(s) (labelled approval number does not match the one on the certificate) for frozen thornback skate wings (Raja clavata) from South Africa Notified by Portugal. Destroyed.
- 2023.0731 Marcado de identificación etiquetas no coincidente con CSO en merluzas de Sudáfrica // Identification tagging mismatched with Health Certificate tags on South African hake Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3568 improper health certificate(s) (identification on the product does not match the information from the official certificate) for frozen hake from South Africa Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched.
- 2021.3592 Batch numbers do not match with certificate in hake from South Africa // Lotes no coincidentes con el certificado, merluza de Sudáfrica Notified by Spain.
- 2020.1107 Rupture of the cold chain of frozen kingklip Notified by Spain.
Data and downloads
Download all 6 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, with how each was found and what was done.
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South Africa country report since 2020 — all notification types, not just border rejections →