Spain — Fish and Fish Products — Squid & Octopus
Spain received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Squid & Octopus, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2022-Q2. The list below gives each of these 1 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it.
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Quarterly rejections, last 1 quarter
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2022-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2022.3479 Poor temperature control in octopus from the UK Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 7 notifications since 2020 concerned squid & octopus from Spain found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 4 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 86%, company's own check 14%.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 4 | 1 | 3 |
- 2026.7285 alert przekroczenie NDP kadmu w kalamarach patagońskich/// exceedance of the MRL for cadmium in Patagonian squid//Cadmio por encima de los límites establecidos en calamar patagónico Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 3,14 ± 0,35 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.2033 info: attentionAnisakis in fresh squid (Illex illecebrosus) from Spain - Anisakis in totani freschi dalla Spagna Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result presence. Anisakis
- 2026.1922 info: follow-upparasites on consignment of fresh Atlantic squid from Spain Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed.
- 2026.1788 info: attentionanisakis in Atlantic squid Notified by Italy. Company's own check, reached the market. Result Presenza di parassiti visibili in (limit Assenza in /250g). nematodes
- 2024.3621 info: attentionDetection of cadmium in squid from Spain (fished in Portuguese waters) Notified by France. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1.705 (limit 1.0 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2021.4424 alertpresenza di cadmio oltre i limiti previsti dal Reg.1881/2006 in totani // cadmium (2.2 mg/kg - ppm) in chilled squids from Spain Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2.2 +/- 0.1 (limit 1.0 mg/kg - ppm null). cadmium
- 2021.4173 alertElevated levels of cadmium in deep-frozen squid (loligo spp.) from Spain processed with raw material from India. Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. cadmium
Data and downloads
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