Spain — Fish and Fish Products — Tuna
Spain received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Tuna, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The list below gives each of these 5 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Held, final fate not recorded: 100%. 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 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.4972 Rotura de cadena de frío en atún a granel procedente de un buque pesquero español // Poor temperature control in bulk tuna from a Spanish fishing vessel. Notified by Spain.
- 2025.5728 rotura de la cadena de frío, atún salmuera ,España// Poor temperature control, Tuna in brine, Spain. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.7413 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún de buque español. / Breakage of the cold chain in tuna from Spanish vessel. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.7381 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún de buque español. / Cold chain break in tuna from Spanish vessel. Notified by Spain.
- 2020.2081 Poor temperature control of frozen tuna from Seychelles Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 89 notifications since 2020 concerned tuna from Spain found after entering the EU — 25 alerts, 64 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 73%, company's own check 12%, consumer complaint or illness 12%, monitoring or surveillance sample 2%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| 2021 | 27 | 2 | 25 |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| 2023 | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 5 | 2 | 3 |
- 2026.9198 info: attention Mercury in defrosted Albacore tuna-Thunnus albacares- from Spain Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,6 ± 0.5 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2026.8998 info: attentionhistamine in frozen tuna from Spain // istamina in tonno congelato dalla Spagna Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result >2000 (limit 100/200 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2026.6724 info: attentionmercurio in tonno dalla Spagna/mercury in thawed yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), vacuum-packed, from Spain // Mercurio en atún de aleta amarilla (Thunnus albacares) descongelado, envasado al vacío, procedente de España Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,4 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2026.6262 alertHistamine in frozen tuna fillet produced in Italy with raw materials from Spain Notified by Italy. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 252 (limit 100 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2026.5354 alertCorpo estraneo di vetro in vasetto di tonno/ Foreign body (glass fragment) in a glass jar of tuna Notified by Italy. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2025.10403 info: attentionFilone di Tonno a pinne gialle sottovuoto / unauthorised nitrates in vacuum-packed Yellowfin Tuna loin Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 97,7+/-13,6 (limit ASSENZA null). E 251 - sodium nitrate
- 2025.9950 alertScombroid syndrome / suspected tuna Notified by Italy. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2025.7702 info: attentionFilone di tonno - Mercurio/mercury in yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares) from Spain Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1.9+-0.3 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2025.6956 alertHistamine in Tuna Notified by Portugal. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2025.3455 alertMercurio por encima de los límites establecidos en atún congelado procedente de España//Mercurio oltre i limiti in tonno congelato dalla Spagna///Mercury Above Limits in Frozen Tuna from Spain Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 2,8±0,2 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
Data and downloads
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