South Africa — Fish and Fish Products — Tuna
South Africa received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Tuna, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. 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; 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Re-dispatched: 100%. About 0 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 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 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.6395 Rotura de cadena de frío en atún de Sudáfrica // Poor temperature control for South African tuna Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched.
- 2022.2161 Improper health certificate (invalid authority) in frozen tuna from South Africa Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned tuna from South Africa found after entering the EU — 1 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: monitoring or surveillance sample 100%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.5230 info: attentionmercury in tuna Notified by France. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 2,3 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
Data and downloads
Download all 3 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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South Africa country report since 2020 — all notification types, not just border rejections →