Vietnam — Fish and Fish Products — Other Fish/Seafood

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Vietnam received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Fish/Seafood, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are leucomalachite green, crystal violet, and malachite green. The list below gives each of these 10 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 6 carry the laboratory result and 8 say what happened to the consignment.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

• 2026.9835 2026-11-05 : Unauthorised substance crystal violet in frozen fillets of fish from Vietnam Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. crystal violet
• 2024.5175 2024-07-05 Leucomalachite green, malachite green in fish Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 34,80 (limit 0,5 µg/kg - ppb). leucomalachite greenmalachite green
• 2024.5174 2024-07-05 Leucomalachite green in fish from Vietnam Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1,00 (limit 0,5 µg/kg - ppb). leucomalachite green
• 2024.4629 2024-06-17 Leucomalachite green in fish Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,87 (limit 0,5 µg/kg - ppb). leucomalachite green
• 2023.7600 2023-11-07 (Leuco)malachite green in fish. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.51 (limit 0.5 µg/kg - ppb). leucomalachite green
• 2023.6075 2023-09-06 Execeede RPA value for the sum of malachite green and luecomalachite green in frozen Catfish fillets from Vietnam Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3,2 (limit 0,5 µg/kg - ppb). leucomalachite green
• 2023.2836 2023-04-28 Unauthorised leucomalachite green in frozen catfish filets (Claria gariepinus) from Vietnam Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched. Result 1.7. unauthorized substance leucomalachite green
• 2021.0451 2021-01-29 Unauthorised irradation of catfish Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched.
• 2021.0448 2021-01-29 Unauthorised irradiation of frozen red and black tilapia Notified by Belgium.
• 2021.0169 2021-01-13 unauthorised irradiation of frozen catfish from Vietnam Notified by European Commission. irradiation

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 18 notifications since 2020 concerned other fish/seafood from Vietnam found after entering the EU — 9 alerts, 9 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 56%, official control on the market 28%, company's own check 17%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.

alerts information notifications

• 2026.9334 2026-10-20 info: attentionUnauthorised substance (leucomalachit green) in frozen african catfish fillet from Vietnam Notified by Hungary. Company's own check, destroyed. leucomalachite green
• 2026.8794 2026-10-05 info: attentionMOAH in preserved anchovy from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH)
• 2026.1040 2026-02-09 alertUnauthorised substance crystal violet in frozen fillets of fish from Vietnam Notified by Slovenia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 8.35. crystal violet
• 2025.7442 2025-09-29 alertNitrofurans (AOZ) in catfish from Vietnam Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result >CCALPHA & > RPA (limit 0,5 µg/kg - ppb). nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ)
• 2024.9548 2024-12-23 alertResiduce of malachite green in Chef's Catfish Whole Gutted Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 5.6. malachite green
• 2024.9073 2024-12-09 info: follow-upIvermectin in frozen Broadhead catfish from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 18 (limit 0 µg/kg - ppb). ivermectin
• 2024.7565 2024-10-15 info: follow-upLeucocrystal violet in frozen fish from Vietnam Notified by Slovenia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.24. leucocrystal violet
• 2024.6532 2024-09-12 alertDetection of leucomalachite green yellow catfish from Vietnam Notified by Denmark. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 1.47 (limit 0.5 µg/kg - ppb). leucomalachite green
• 2024.4645 2024-06-17 alertLeucomalachite green in frozen fish from Vietnam Notified by Slovenia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.90 (limit 0.50 µg/kg - ppb). leucomalachite green
• 2024.3727 2024-05-10 alertLeucomalachite green in frozen yellow catfish from Vietnam, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 6,5. leucomalachite green