What are the most common safety problems with fish & seafood?

4132 EU alerts have been issued for this category to date. Common reasons: chemical risks, mechanical defects, choking parts, electrical issues, mislabelling.

How can I check if a fish & seafood product is recalled?

Search by brand or product name on this page, or browse the chronological list below. Newest alerts are at the top.

Where does this fish & seafood recall data come from?

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Fish & seafood — EU Safety Watch

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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

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Frozen mackerel - Insufficient labeling

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Romania · Notifier: Austria

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk EUROPEAN COMMISSION resolved

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Verification of the real final use of glass eels at destination

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: France · Notifier: European Commission

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇬🇷 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Heavy metals

Cadmium in frozen whole Indo-Pacific squid

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: India · Notifier: I…

3 years ago See more →

Low risk 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Vibrio cholerae (NON 014/NON 0139) en langostinos congelados de Venezuela // Vibrio cholerae (NON 014/NON 0139) was detected in frozen shrimps from Venezuela

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Undecided · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: Vibrio cholerae NON O:1/NON O:13…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇸🇮 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Listeria monocytogenes (530 CFU/g) in chilled smoked salmon from France

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: Listeria monocytogenes - {pathogenic micro-o…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Rotura de la cadena de frío (entre +28ºC y -12ºC) en atún congelado procedente de Panamá // Broken cold chain (between +28°C and -12°C) in frozen tuna from Panama

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Panama · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Labelling issues

Labelling deficiencies in squid tubes from Denmark

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: labelling incorrect - {labelling absent/incom…

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 resolved

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foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by norovirus (GI; GII) in live oysters from France

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Origin: France · Notifier: France

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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poor temperature control - rupture of the cold chain - (between +20°C and -12°C °C) of frozen skipjack tuna from Panama

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Panama · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇬🇷 resolved

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Rupture of cold chain of frozen squid (loligo vulgaris) from Mauritania

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Origin: Mauritania · Notifier: Greece

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇮🇹 resolved

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E300 Ascorbic acid above the limit in Defrosted yellowfin tuna steak

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: E 300 - ascorbic acid unauthorised - {food additives an…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Marcado de idetificación diferente al establecimiento declarado en Dosidicus gigas de China // Marking of idetification different from the declared establishment on Dosidicus gigas from China

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Origin: China · Notifier: Spain

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Detection of e.coli in a batch of mussels

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: Escherichia coli - {pathogeni…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Misleading labelling of squid rings preformed in batter

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: No risk · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Heavy metals

MERCURIO IN DENTEX DENTEX/Mercury in chilled breams (Dentex dentex) from Tunisia

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Tunisia ·…

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 resolved

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detection of foreign bodies in the "tuna spread" product

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: France · Notifier: France

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Anisakis spp en Scorpaena scrofa procedente de Marruecos // Anisakis spp, in Scorpaena scrofa from Moroco

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Morocco · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

Low risk 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Vibrio cholerae en pulpo congelado de Senegal // Vibrio cholerae in frozen octopus from Senegal

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Undecided · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: Vibrio cholerae - {pathogenic mi…

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 resolved

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Detection of norovirus in oysters

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Origin: France · Notifier: France

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇺 🇪🇸 resolved

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Withdrawal from the market of oysters following closure of production zone due to detection of Norovirus and food poisoning

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Origin: France · Notifier: France

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Labelling deficiencies in anchovy fillets from Italy

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Italy · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Norovirus in ostriche concave origine Francia/Norovirus in oysters from France

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: norovirus - {pathogenic micro…

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇸🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood

Oysters from France but originating in Ireland suspected of causing foodborne disease

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Origin: Ireland · Notifier: Denmark

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇩🇰 resolved

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Oysters from Norway suspected of causing a foodborne disease outbreak

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Origin: Norway · Notifier: Denmark

3 years ago See more →

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Low risk 🇧🇪 resolved

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Delivery of raw instead of cooked crab meat from the Netherlands

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Undecided · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Belgium

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 resolved

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Alleged illness from Oysters

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Origin: Ireland · Notifier: Ireland

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇧🇪 resolved

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Consignment of fish oil not subjected to veterinary import control

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Chile · Notifier: Belgium

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇨🇭 resolved

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Norovirus in Oysters from France

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Origin: France · Notifier: France

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 SRI LANKA resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Natural toxins

Histamine detection on tuna loins

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: histamine suspicion - {biological contaminan…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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High total bacterial count in shrimps from the Netherlands

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Labelling deficiency in tuna fillets from Portugal via the Netherlands

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Portugal · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Sustitución de especies de atún procedentes de Ghana // Substitution of tuna species from Ghana

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Ghana · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Doble marcado de identificación en Sarda Sarda procedente de Mauritania // Double identification marking on Sarda Sarda from Mauritania

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Mauritania · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Heavy metals

Mercury in chilled breams (Dentex dentex) from Tunisia

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Tunisia ·…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Lotes de Pleoticus muelleri no amparadas por el certificado sanitario procedentes de Perú // Batches of Pleoticus muelleri not covered by health certificate from Peru

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Origin: Peru · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

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Cadmium in frozen lobster from the United States

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Origin: United States · Notifier: Italy

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Linsteria monocytogenes in smoked salmon

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: Listeria monocytogenes - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin:…

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 resolved

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High content of E 300-ascorbic acid in Red Tuna fillet from Vietnam

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: E 300 - ascorbic acid unauthorised - {fo…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 resolved

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Labelling suitable for misleading in Calamar

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: No risk · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 resolved

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Presenza di larve di Anisakis in Scomber scombrus refrigerato origine Spagna

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: Anisakis parasitic infestation with - {p…

3 years ago See more →

Fish & seafood

Frozen mackerel - Insufficient labeling

Verification of the real final use of glass eels at destination

Cadmium in frozen whole Indo-Pacific squid

Vibrio cholerae (NON 014/NON 0139) en langostinos congelados de Venezuela // Vibrio cholerae (NON 014/NON 0139) was detected in frozen shrimps from Venezuela

Listeria monocytogenes (530 CFU/g) in chilled smoked salmon from France

Rotura de la cadena de frío (entre +28ºC y -12ºC) en atún congelado procedente de Panamá // Broken cold chain (between +28°C and -12°C) in frozen tuna from Panama

Labelling deficiencies in squid tubes from Denmark

foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by norovirus (GI; GII) in live oysters from France

poor temperature control - rupture of the cold chain - (between +20°C and -12°C °C) of frozen skipjack tuna from Panama

Rupture of cold chain of frozen squid (loligo vulgaris) from Mauritania

E300 Ascorbic acid above the limit in Defrosted yellowfin tuna steak

Marcado de idetificación diferente al establecimiento declarado en Dosidicus gigas de China // Marking of idetification different from the declared establishment on Dosidicus gigas from China

Detection of e.coli in a batch of mussels

Misleading labelling of squid rings preformed in batter

MERCURIO IN DENTEX DENTEX/Mercury in chilled breams (Dentex dentex) from Tunisia

detection of foreign bodies in the "tuna spread" product

Anisakis spp en Scorpaena scrofa procedente de Marruecos // Anisakis spp, in Scorpaena scrofa from Moroco

Vibrio cholerae en pulpo congelado de Senegal // Vibrio cholerae in frozen octopus from Senegal

Detection of norovirus in oysters

Withdrawal from the market of oysters following closure of production zone due to detection of Norovirus and food poisoning

Labelling deficiencies in anchovy fillets from Italy

Norovirus in ostriche concave origine Francia/Norovirus in oysters from France

Oysters from France but originating in Ireland suspected of causing foodborne disease

Oysters from Norway suspected of causing a foodborne disease outbreak

Delivery of raw instead of cooked crab meat from the Netherlands

Alleged illness from Oysters

Consignment of fish oil not subjected to veterinary import control

Norovirus in Oysters from France

Histamine detection on tuna loins

High total bacterial count in shrimps from the Netherlands

Labelling deficiency in tuna fillets from Portugal via the Netherlands

Sustitución de especies de atún procedentes de Ghana // Substitution of tuna species from Ghana

Doble marcado de identificación en Sarda Sarda procedente de Mauritania // Double identification marking on Sarda Sarda from Mauritania

Mercury in chilled breams (Dentex dentex) from Tunisia

Lotes de Pleoticus muelleri no amparadas por el certificado sanitario procedentes de Perú // Batches of Pleoticus muelleri not covered by health certificate from Peru

Cadmium in frozen lobster from the United States

Linsteria monocytogenes in smoked salmon

High content of E 300-ascorbic acid in Red Tuna fillet from Vietnam

Labelling suitable for misleading in Calamar

Presenza di larve di Anisakis in Scomber scombrus refrigerato origine Spagna

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