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

4137 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?

Directly from EU Safety Gate, EU RASFF, EMA, and national authorities (BASG, DGCCRF, NVWA, etc.). We re-fetch continuously throughout the day.

Fish & seafood — EU Safety Watch

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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

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Cod fillet with nematode larvae unsuitable for human consumption

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

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Serious risk 🇩🇰 🇦🇹 resolved

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Risk of fermentation in herring from Denmark

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Denmark · Notifier: Denmark

2 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 SEYCHELLES resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

listeria detected smoked salmon

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

2 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Labelling issues

Labeling deficiencies in squid from Italy

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

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Serious risk 🇵🇹 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Allergens

Sulphites in cooked shrimps

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Not serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: sulphite too high content - {f…

2 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇧🇪 resolved

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Benzo(a)pyrene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in smoked fish from Ghana

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: benzo(a)pyrene - {environmental pollutants} *** polyc…

2 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún de Senegal. Breakage of the cold chain in tuna from Senegal.

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Senegal · Notifier: Spain

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

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Plant Fish White Fillet - insuffient labeling

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

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇳🇱 resolved

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Labeling deficiencies on Smoked Salmon from Germany

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Germany · Notifier: Netherlands

2 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

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Rejected consignments of Shrimp from the UK

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Origin: United Kingdom · Notif…

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Número de identificación individual del Certificado Sanitario Oficial no concordante en calamar de Argentina. Individual identification number of the non-concordant Official Health Certificate on squid from Argentina.

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

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Increased number of yeasts in shrimp skewers from Ecuador, via the Netherlands

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

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Use of carbon monoxide in raw tuna to preserve colour

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Germany

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Labelling deficiencies in red shrimp from China via the NL

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

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Heavy metals

non-compliant levels of mercury in swordfish

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origi…

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Heavy metals

mercury in tuna loin

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

2 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇮🇪 UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN resolved

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Residues of Antimicrobials in Prawns

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: tetracycline residue l…

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Control organoléptico no satisfactorio en filetes de salmón de China. Unsatisfactory organoleptic control on salmon fillets from China.

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

2 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇪🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Presence of Listeria monocytogenes

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: Listeria monocytogenes - {pathogenic micro-…

2 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Ruptura de la cadena de frío en filetes de anchoa procedentes de Senegal. Breakage of the cold chain in anchovy fillets from Senegal.

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Senegal · Notifier: Spain

2 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 resolved

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Norovirus in shellfish from the Netherlands

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Franc…

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Misleading information on the proportion of extraneous water and fish in pangasius fillet

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Vietnam · Notifier: Germany

2 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Presence of vibrio in fozen shrimp (raw)

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: Vibrio vulnificus - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Ori…

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 resolved

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Labeling deficiencies in squid tubes from China, via the Netherlands

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

2 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Escherichia coli oltre i limiti in mitili dalla Spagna/Escherichia coli above the legal limits in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain

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

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Serious risk 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Norovirus in oysters from France

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: norovirus - {path…

2 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Excessive yeast content in shrimps in infusions from the Netherlands

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: yeasts high count - {non-pathogenic micro-org…

2 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

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Absence of establishment approval number on the label of cans of anchovy fillets in olive oil from Albania

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Albania · Notifier: Italy

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Incorrect declaration of the protein content of shrimps from Vietnam, via the Netherlands

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

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Condiciones organolépticas inadecuadas en salmón de China. Inadequate organoleptic conditions in salmon from China.

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

2 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Heavy metals

mercury in swordfish

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

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 🇧🇪 resolved

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Incorrect labelling of squid tubes from China, via Belgium

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

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Falta de higiene en merluza congelada de Nueva Zelanda. Lack of hygiene in frozen hake from New Zealand.

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

2 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Heavy metals

Mercurio oltre i limiti in Tonno rosso refrigerato origine Spagna/Mercury above limits in chilled bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from Spain

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

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Labelling deficiencies in squid imported from Italy

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

2 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Natural toxins

Histamine in chilled tuna fillet from Sri Lanka

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: histamine - {biological contaminants} · Orig…

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Labelling deficiencies in squid product from China via the Netherlands

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

2 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

vibrio vulnificus in raw shrimp tails

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

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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Campylobacter in oysters

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: Campylobacter spp…

2 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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High aerobic mesophilic bacterial count in trout fillets from Türkiye

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

2 years ago See more →

Fish & seafood

Cod fillet with nematode larvae unsuitable for human consumption

Risk of fermentation in herring from Denmark

listeria detected smoked salmon

Labeling deficiencies in squid from Italy

Sulphites in cooked shrimps

Benzo(a)pyrene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in smoked fish from Ghana

Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún de Senegal. Breakage of the cold chain in tuna from Senegal.

Plant Fish White Fillet - insuffient labeling

Labeling deficiencies on Smoked Salmon from Germany

Rejected consignments of Shrimp from the UK

Número de identificación individual del Certificado Sanitario Oficial no concordante en calamar de Argentina. Individual identification number of the non-concordant Official Health Certificate on squid from Argentina.

Increased number of yeasts in shrimp skewers from Ecuador, via the Netherlands

Use of carbon monoxide in raw tuna to preserve colour

Labelling deficiencies in red shrimp from China via the NL

non-compliant levels of mercury in swordfish

mercury in tuna loin

Residues of Antimicrobials in Prawns

Control organoléptico no satisfactorio en filetes de salmón de China. Unsatisfactory organoleptic control on salmon fillets from China.

Presence of Listeria monocytogenes

Ruptura de la cadena de frío en filetes de anchoa procedentes de Senegal. Breakage of the cold chain in anchovy fillets from Senegal.

Norovirus in shellfish from the Netherlands

Misleading information on the proportion of extraneous water and fish in pangasius fillet

Presence of vibrio in fozen shrimp (raw)

Labeling deficiencies in squid tubes from China, via the Netherlands

Escherichia coli oltre i limiti in mitili dalla Spagna/Escherichia coli above the legal limits in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain

Norovirus in oysters from France

Excessive yeast content in shrimps in infusions from the Netherlands

Absence of establishment approval number on the label of cans of anchovy fillets in olive oil from Albania

Incorrect declaration of the protein content of shrimps from Vietnam, via the Netherlands

Condiciones organolépticas inadecuadas en salmón de China. Inadequate organoleptic conditions in salmon from China.

mercury in swordfish

Incorrect labelling of squid tubes from China, via Belgium

Falta de higiene en merluza congelada de Nueva Zelanda. Lack of hygiene in frozen hake from New Zealand.

Mercurio oltre i limiti in Tonno rosso refrigerato origine Spagna/Mercury above limits in chilled bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from Spain

Labelling deficiencies in squid imported from Italy

Histamine in chilled tuna fillet from Sri Lanka

Labelling deficiencies in squid product from China via the Netherlands

vibrio vulnificus in raw shrimp tails

Campylobacter in oysters

High aerobic mesophilic bacterial count in trout fillets from Türkiye

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