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?

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Fish & seafood — EU Safety Watch

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Rotura de la cadena de frío en productos de la pesca congelados de Maurinatia. Poor temperature control in frozen fishery products from Mauritania

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

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Ruptura de cadena de frío en Thunnus obesus de El Salvador; Poor temperatura control for Thunnus obesus from El Salvador

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

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇧🇪 resolved

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Consignment not subjected to veterinary import control

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

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 VENEZUELA resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Vibrio vulnificus detected in frozen whole raw shrimps (Penaeus vannamei) from Venezuela

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: Vibrio vulnificus - {pathogenic mi…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Ruptura de la cadena de frío en caballa congelada de Marruecos; Poor temperature control in frozen fish from Morocco

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

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Poor temperature control in tuna belly from Indonesia.

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

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Natural toxins

Presence of histamine beyond legal limits in anchovy fillets from Albania

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

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 resolved

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11 specimens of tapeworms form Order Trypanorhyncha was found from frozen Alaska pollock fillets.

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

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

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Mackerel smoked - expiration date set too long - microbiolg. Warning values exceeded

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

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 🇩🇰 resolved

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Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Poland, via Denmark

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

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇨🇭 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Listeria monocytogenes in smoked herring fillets from France

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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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Ruptura de la cadena de frío en pulpo y pescado congelado de Mauritania. Poor temperature contron in octopus and frozen fish from Mauritania

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

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇧🇪 🇱🇺 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Detection of Salmonella (in 25g) in mussels from France, with raw materials from Spain

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: Salmonella enteritidis - {pat…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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ruptura de la cadena del frío pez espada entero congelado de Ecuador. Poor temperature control for swordfish, from Ecuador.

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

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 VIETNAM resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Vibrio cholerae, vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus detected in frozen shrimps from Vietnam

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: Vibrio cholerae - {pathogenic micr…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Natural toxins

Histamine in frozen Indian mackerel from Vietnam

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: histamine - {biological contaminants} · Origin: Sweden · Notifie…

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

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Pickled chopped surimi sticks from Denmark incorrectly labelled as pickled shrimps

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Denmark · Notifier: Italy

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇪 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Natural toxins

Azaspiracid toxins above the regulatory limit in oysters

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: Azaspiracid Shellfish Poisoning (AZP) toxins azas…

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Labeling deficiency - wrong consumption date for smoked salmon from Lithuania

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: Listeria monocytogenes - {pathogenic micro-organisms} ·…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇧🇪 resolved

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Possible contact with melt-water during transport of hake

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

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

too high count of Escherichia coli in mussels from France

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: Escherichia coli high count - {pathogenic micro-o…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Presencia de roedores en pescado fresco de Mauritania. Rodents in fishery products from Mauritania

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

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Rodents in fishery products from Mauritania.

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

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇨🇾 🇬🇧 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood

Mini Drops DHA Omega-3 (Fish Oil)

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: United Kingdom · Notifier: Cyprus

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇱🇹 resolved

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Sensory characteristics of caviar from Latvia

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

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 VENEZUELA resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Detection of vibrio in shrimp from venezuela

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: Vibrio vulnificus - {pathogenic mi…

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇩🇰 resolved

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Landing of salmon in Hirtshals, DK. Request for verification of information

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: Norway · Notifier: Denmark

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún congelado de Islas Salomón - Poor temperature control in frozen tuna from Solomon Islands

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

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

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Improper health certificate in frozen shrimps from Venezuela

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

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

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White Tiger Prawns - Insufficient labeling

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

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇮🇪 🇫🇷 resolved

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Oysters harvested from a closed production area in Ireland

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

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇫🇮 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

food poisoning after eating oysters

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: Vibrio alginolyticus - {pathogenic micro-organism…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Detection of vibrio vulnificus in frozen raw shrimps

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: Vibrio parahaemolyticus - {pathoge…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) transported by unauthorized reefer vessel

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: China · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇸🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Suspicion of salmonella in crayfish from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: Salmonella Liverpool - {pathogenic…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) transported by unauthorized reefer vessel

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: China · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) transported in a non-approved reefer vessel

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: fish and fish products · Origin: China · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Labelling issues

Labeling deficiencies in surimi in shrimp form from Lithuania via Belgium

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: labelling incorrect - {labelling absent/incomplete/inco…

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 resolved

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Unauthorised substances malachite green and leucomalachite green in frozen salted snake head fish from Thailand

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: malachite green unauthorised substance - {re…

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Labelling issues

Labelling deficiency in crustaceans from Belgium

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

3 years ago See more →

Fish & seafood

Rotura de la cadena de frío en productos de la pesca congelados de Maurinatia. Poor temperature control in frozen fishery products from Mauritania

Ruptura de cadena de frío en Thunnus obesus de El Salvador; Poor temperatura control for Thunnus obesus from El Salvador

Consignment not subjected to veterinary import control

Vibrio vulnificus detected in frozen whole raw shrimps (Penaeus vannamei) from Venezuela

Ruptura de la cadena de frío en caballa congelada de Marruecos; Poor temperature control in frozen fish from Morocco

Poor temperature control in tuna belly from Indonesia.

Presence of histamine beyond legal limits in anchovy fillets from Albania

11 specimens of tapeworms form Order Trypanorhyncha was found from frozen Alaska pollock fillets.

Mackerel smoked - expiration date set too long - microbiolg. Warning values exceeded

Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Poland, via Denmark

Listeria monocytogenes in smoked herring fillets from France

Ruptura de la cadena de frío en pulpo y pescado congelado de Mauritania. Poor temperature contron in octopus and frozen fish from Mauritania

Detection of Salmonella (in 25g) in mussels from France, with raw materials from Spain

ruptura de la cadena del frío pez espada entero congelado de Ecuador. Poor temperature control for swordfish, from Ecuador.

Vibrio cholerae, vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus detected in frozen shrimps from Vietnam

Histamine in frozen Indian mackerel from Vietnam

Pickled chopped surimi sticks from Denmark incorrectly labelled as pickled shrimps

Azaspiracid toxins above the regulatory limit in oysters

Labeling deficiency - wrong consumption date for smoked salmon from Lithuania

Possible contact with melt-water during transport of hake

too high count of Escherichia coli in mussels from France

Presencia de roedores en pescado fresco de Mauritania. Rodents in fishery products from Mauritania

Rodents in fishery products from Mauritania.

Mini Drops DHA Omega-3 (Fish Oil)

Sensory characteristics of caviar from Latvia

Detection of vibrio in shrimp from venezuela

Landing of salmon in Hirtshals, DK. Request for verification of information

Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún congelado de Islas Salomón - Poor temperature control in frozen tuna from Solomon Islands

Improper health certificate in frozen shrimps from Venezuela

White Tiger Prawns - Insufficient labeling

Oysters harvested from a closed production area in Ireland

food poisoning after eating oysters

Detection of vibrio vulnificus in frozen raw shrimps

Humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) transported by unauthorized reefer vessel

Suspicion of salmonella in crayfish from China

Humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) transported by unauthorized reefer vessel

Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) transported in a non-approved reefer vessel

Labeling deficiencies in surimi in shrimp form from Lithuania via Belgium

Unauthorised substances malachite green and leucomalachite green in frozen salted snake head fish from Thailand

Labelling deficiency in crustaceans from Belgium

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