United States — Fish and Fish Products — Other Fish/Seafood
United States received 5 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Fish/Seafood, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 4 in 2023-Q3, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are Anisakis and mercury. The list below gives each of these 9 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result and 7 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Re-dispatched: 100%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 4 |
| 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 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.3099 Parasitic infestation of cod carcases from USA Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Anisakis
- 2023.4671 Fish oil in gelatine capsules Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.4660 Fish oil in gelatine capsules Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.4658 Fish oil in gelatine capsules Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.4655 Fish oil in gelatine capsules Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2022.3532 High levels of mercury in frozen fish from the United States Notified by Lithuania. Result 0,831±0,216 (limit 0,5 mg/kg - ppm). mercury
- 2022.2832 Rotura de la cadena de frío en surimi de Estados Unidos.Poor temperature control is fishery products from United States. Notified by Spain.
- 2022.0400 poor temperature control - rupture of the cold chain - of frozen pacific cod fillets (Gadus macrocephalus) from the United States Notified by Portugal. Destroyed.
- 2021.6266 poor temperature control - rupture of the cold chain - of frozen pacific cod fillets (Gadus macrocephalus) from the United States Notified by Portugal. Destroyed.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned other fish/seafood from United States 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: at the EU border 100%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.7703 info: attentionFrozen Alaska pollock fillets – Anisakis spp. parasite infestation Notified by Estonia. At the EU border. Result 8 Anisakidae worms (limit cannot contain viable parasites null). Anisakis
Data and downloads
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