Uruguay — Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry)
Uruguay received 5 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume peaked at 3 in 2026-Q1, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing and Escherichia coli. The list below gives each of these 7 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 4 carry the laboratory result and 3 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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q2 | 2 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef | 2 | — | — | Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing |
| Other | 1 | — | — | Escherichia coli |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.1834 Escherichia coli STEC detectada en carne de bovino //Detection of E. coli STEC in bovine meat Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched. Escherichia coli
- 2026.1833 E. coli (STEC) en carne de vacuno de Uruguay. E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched. Result Detectado en 25 (limit No detectado en 25 /g). Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing
- 2026.1832 E. coli (STEC) en carne de vacuno de Uruguay. E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched. Result Detectado en 25 (limit No detectado en 25 /g). Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing
- 2023.3356 Hygiene failure and sensory check failure horse meat Notified by Netherlands.
- 2023.3354 Hygiene failure and sensory check failure horse meat Notified by Netherlands.
- 2022.6798 Contaminación por E.coli STEC en carne congelada de vacuno de Uruguay // E. coli STEC contamination in frozen beef from Uruguay Notified by Spain. Result DETECTADO EN (limit NO DETECTADO /25g). Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing
- 2022.4949 Presence of E.coli STEC in bovine meat (sirloin) from Uruguay Notified by Spain. Result presencia (limit ausencia /25g). Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 15 notifications since 2020 concerned meat and meat products (other than poultry) from Uruguay found after entering the EU — 4 alerts, 11 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 53%, company's own check 27%, official control on the market 20%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.2146 info: follow-upProgesteron in beef from Uruguay Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2025.10299 alertEscherichia coli productor de toxinas shiga (STEC) en carne fresca de bovino procedente de Uruguay // Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in fresh beef from Uruguay. Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result Se detecta /25g. Escherichia coli
- 2025.10130 alertEscherichia coli productor de toxinas shiga (STEC) en carne fresca de bovino procedente de Uruguay // Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in fresh beef from Uruguay. Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result Se detecta. Escherichia coli
- 2025.8647 alertVerocytotoxic Escherichia coli (VTEC) detected in frozen beef carpaccio from Uruguay Notified by Lithuania. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result VTEC, vtx1 gene found. Escherichia coli verotoxin producing
- 2025.7477 alertEscherichia coli productor de toxinas shiga (STEC) en carne fresca de bovino procedente de Uruguay // Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in fresh beef from Uruguay. Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result Se detecta en 25 gramos. Escherichia coli
- 2025.1935 info: attentionVerocytotoxic Escherichia coli (VTEC) detected in chilled beef fillet from Uruguay Notified by Lithuania. Official control on the market, reached the market. Escherichia coli verotoxin producing
- 2024.3146 info: attentionListeria in beef chuck tender, from Uruguay Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result present. Listeria monocytogenes
- 2024.1508 info: follow-upSalmonella spp in chilled Beef from Uruguay via the Netherlands Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result detected. Salmonella spp
- 2024.1505 info: follow-upSalmonella in fresh beef cuts, origin Uruguay Notified by Sweden. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result Detected. Salmonella spp
- 2021.5533 info: attentionpresence of E.Coli Stec and Salmonella Typhimurium in hare meat from Uruguay Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Salmonella typhimurium monophasic 4, 5:ie.coli
Data and downloads
Download all 22 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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