Spain — Fish and Fish Products — Other
Spain received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Other, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2022-Q4 and 2025-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
- Held, final fate not recorded: 100%. About 29 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2022-Q4 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.5061 Rotura de cadena de frío en merluza de origen silvestre procedente de buque español.Poor temperature control in wild hake from a Spanish vessel. Notified by Spain.
- 2021.4559 parasitic infestation with Anisakis simplex of frozen hake (Merluccius hubbsi) from Spain, dispatched from Uruguay Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 58 notifications since 2020 concerned other from Spain found after entering the EU — 36 alerts, 22 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 84%, consumer complaint or illness 7%, company's own check 7%, monitoring or surveillance sample 2%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 2026 to date | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- 2026.7419 alert Mercurio in Trance di verdesca senza pelle congelato proveniente dalla Spagna///Mercury in frozen skinless blue shark steaks from Spain Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2.9±0.7 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2026.3297 info: attentionAnisakidae spp. larvae detected in silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis) from Spain. Notified by Latvia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result In 6 fish, 5–30 specimens were found in the musculature.. Anisakis
- 2026.0028 info: follow-upParasitic infestation in frozen hake from Spain Notified by Lithuania. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market, destroyed. Result 4 dead larvae of flatworms of the class Cestoda (Hepatoxylon trichiuri) were detected on … parasitic infestation
- 2025.10364 info: follow-upParasitic infestation with nematodes in hake Notified by Estonia. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result detected. nematodes
- 2025.8134 alertMercurio en marrajo procedente de España//Mercury in mako shark from Spain Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 2,6.. mercury
- 2025.7699 alertmercurio oltre i limiti in verdesca dalla Spagna//Mercury levels exceed limits in blue shark from Spain Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1.5 +-0.3 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2025.7337 alertMercurio en caella procedente de España //Mercury in blue shark (Prionace glauca) from Spain Notified by Spain. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 1,6 (limit 1,0 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2025.5354 alertExceedance of the maximum mercury level in the product – blue shark (steak), country of origin: Spain Notified by Slovakia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,73 mg (limit 1 mg/kg null). mercury
- 2025.5335 alertPresenza di mercurio oltre i limiti di legge in trance di Verdesca senza pelle/ Mercury levels above legal limits in frozen, skinless blue shark (Prionace glauca) loins from Spain Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 1.77 ±0.42 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2025.2513 alertExceeding the maximum mercury level in marlin fillets (Makaira indica) from Spain Notified by Germany. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 2,475 (limit 1,0 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
Data and downloads
Download all 60 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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