Venezuela — All Categories
Venezuela received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issue is cadmium. The list below gives each of these 7 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 4 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 50%; Re-dispatched: 25%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 25%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Food Product / Mixed | 2 | — | cadmium |
| Fruits and Vegetables | 1 | — | cadmium |
| Cephalopods and Products Thereof | 1 | — | — |
Recent rejections
- 2026.2335 Cadmium (Cd) in green mung beans from Venezuela dispatched from Türkiye Other Food Product / Mixed. Notified by Greece. Destroyed. Result 0,097+/-0,019 (limit 0,04 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.1392 Cadmium (Cd) in green mung beans from VenezuelaOther Food Product / Mixed. Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 0,104+/-0,21 (limit 0,04 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2025.2211 Cadmium in mung beans from Venezuela via TurkiyeFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result 0,096 (limit 0,040 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2024.0213 Octopus without data on the establishment of origin on the packagingCephalopods and Products Thereof. Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2022.6633 Rotura de cadena del frío en Litopenaeus vannamei congelado de Venezuela // Poor temperature control for frozen Litopenaeus vannamei from VenezuelaCrustaceans and Products Thereof. Notified by Spain.
- 2022.5568 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en Litopenaeus vannamei congelados de Venezuela / Poor temperature control for frozen Litopenaeus vannamei from VenezuelaCrustaceans and Products Thereof. Notified by Spain.
- 2020.3697 Poor temperature control // rechazo por temperaturas incorrectas en pulpos congelados Cephalopods and Products Thereof. Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 27 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Venezuela found after entering the EU — 27 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 48%, company's own check 30%, at the EU border 22%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.8465 info: attentionCadmium on Green mung beans from Venezuela Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 0.10 (limit 0.04 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2025.9506 info: attentionpresence of sulfite in shrimp from Venezuela Notified by France. Company's own check. Result 198 (limit 150 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2025.8857 info: attentionExcess sulfite levels detected in a batch of frozen shrimp from Venezuela and Ecuador Notified by France. Company's own check. Result 224 (limit 150 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2025.1784 info: attentionSulphites in a batch of shrimps from Venezuela Notified by France. Company's own check, not on the market, re-dispatched. Result 236 (limit 150 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.9550 info: attentionSulfites in frozen shrimps Notified by France. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 506.7 (limit 150 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.8120 info: attentiondetection of sulphites in frozen whole prawns from Venezuela Notified by France. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 253.7 (+/-53.9) (limit < 150 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.3239 info: follow-upPresence of sulphite content above the limits in pre-cooked tropical prawns // Presenza tenore solfiti superiore ai limiti in Mazzancolle tropicali precotte Notified by Italy. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 218 (limit 180 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.3159 info: attentiontoo high content of sulphite in whiteleg shrimps (Litopenaeus vannamei) from Venezuela Notified by Portugal. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 438 ± 77 (limit 135 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.1606 info: attentiontoo high content of sulphite in chilled cooked whiteleg shrimps (Litopenaeus vannamei) from Venezuela, packaged in Spain Notified by Portugal. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 260 ± 46 (limit 135 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.0381 info: attentionSulphite - too high content of Notified by Portugal. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 180 ± 32 (limit 135 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
→ See all RASFF notifications for 2026-W43
Data and downloads
Download all 34 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done. Every entry is also listed by year above.
The file holds entries up to 2026-09-23. To get new ones for Venezuela by email, watch Venezuela.