Vietnam — Fish and Fish Products — Other
Vietnam received 11 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fish and Fish Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 5 in 2026-Q3, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are irradiation, unauthorised irradiation, and carbonate unauthorised food additive. The list below gives each of these 14 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 9 carry the laboratory result and 9 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other from Vietnam
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched or destroyed 73%; held, final fate not recorded 27%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Netherlands (5), Spain (3), Italy (2), of 11 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- October, September, January, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- irradiation (5), unauthorised irradiation (4), carbonate unauthorised food additive (1), E 500 - sodium carbonates (1).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 |
| 2026-Q4 | 5 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9800 Unauthorised additive carbonate/sodium carbonate in frozen pangasius fillets from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. carbonate unauthorised food additive
- 2026.9245 Unauthorized treatment with ionizing radiation of frozen Pangasius fillets from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. unauthorised irradiation
- 2026.9242 Unauthorized treatment with ionizing radiation of frozen Pangasius fillets from Vietnam. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. irradiation
- 2026.9047 Unauthorized treatment with ionizing radiation of frozen Pangasius fillets from Vietnam. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. irradiation
- 2026.9046 Unauthorized treatment with ionizing radiation of frozen Pangasius fillets from Vietnam. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. irradiation
- 2026.8513 Unauthorized treatment with ionizing radiation of frozen Pangasius fillets from Vietnam Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result >5 (lod) ng/g (limit < 5 (LOD) ng/g wet weight). irradiation
- 2026.8383 Irradiated frozen panga fillets from Vietnam // Filetes de panga congelados de Vietnam Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result > 5 (limit 5 ng/g wet weight). unauthorised irradiation
- 2026.8308 Irradiated frozen panga fillets from Vietnam // Filetes de panga congelados irradiados de Vietnam Notified by Spain. Result > 5 (limit 5 ng/g wet weight). unauthorised irradiation
- 2026.7964 Irradiated panga fillets from Vietnam // filetes de panga irradiados de Vietnam Notified by Spain. Result >5 LOD (limit 0 ng/g fat). irradiation
- 2026.6962 Unauthorized treatment with ionizing radiation of frozen Pangasius fillets from Vietnam Notified by Italy. Result >5 (limit 5 ng/g wet weight). unauthorised irradiation
- 2024.0639 Carbonates in Pangasius Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 5357.1 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). E 500 - sodium carbonates
- 2022.6362 unauthorised substance malachite green (205 µg/kg - ppb) in frozen asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Result 205 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). malachite green
- 2021.0457 unauthorised irradiation of frozen red mullet fillet Notified by Belgium. Result 2 out of 2 samples: ionised. irradiation
- 2021.0455 Unauthorised irradiation of frozen telapia Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched. Result 4 out of 4 samples: ionised. irradiation
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 22 notifications since 2020 concerned other from Vietnam found after entering the EU — 9 alerts, 13 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 50%, at the EU border 32%, company's own check 18%. 5 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 5 | 0 | 5 |
- 2026.6759 info: attentionVibrio cholerae in Fillet Pangasius from VIETNAM Notified by Romania. At the EU border. Result DETECTED (limit absent /25g). Vibrio cholerae
- 2026.4107 info: follow-upUnauthorised novel food frozen snail meat of the genus Pomacea (or Pila) from Vietnam, via the Czech Republic Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. import declaration missingnovel food
- 2026.3415 info: follow-upThunnus albacares treated with carbon monoxide from Vietnam via the Netherlands Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2,7 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). carbon monoxide treatment
- 2026.3089 info: follow-upIvermectin in frozen Panagsius fillets from Vietnam, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 4,0. ivermectin
- 2026.2473 info: attentionNon conformità in etichetta per assenza della dicitura "irradiato" o "trattato con radiazioni ionizzanti"/ Unauthorized treatment with ionizing radiation of frozen Pangasius fillets from Vietnam Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Irraggiato (limit < 5 (LOD) ng/g wet weight). irradiation
- 2025.0060 alertpresenza di PFOA (acido perfluoro-ottanoico) in Vongole del Pacifico sgusciate cotte - congelate//Presence of PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) in frozen cooked shelled Pacific clams Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 4,0 +/- 1,8. perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
- 2024.5944 alertResidues of leucomalachite green in frozen fillet Clarias gariepinus from Vietnam Notified by Slovenia. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.85 (limit 0.5 µg/kg - ppb). leucomalachite green
- 2024.5417 info: follow-upIvermectin in frozen Pangasius fillets from Vietnam Notified by Germany. At the EU border. Result 7,2 (limit Laborinterne Entscheidungsgrenze CCalpha//unofficial translation: Laboratory i… ivermectin
- 2024.3065 info: attentionUnauthorised substance leucomalachite green in frozen pangasius fillet from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,26. leucomalachite green
- 2024.1120 info: attentionPresence of Nitrofurans (including furazolidone), a substance banned in foods of animal origin Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result Detected (limit no detected null). nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ)
Data and downloads
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