Countries of origin · 12 Nov 2026

Food from Guyana: safety alerts and border rejections

Every food safety notice we track for products from Guyana: EU RASFF alerts and border rejections, and the import refusals and recalls published by Japan, Australia, the US, the UK and Canada.

Notices, 12 months0prior 12 months: 0

Border rejections, 12 months0refused at the border

Top hazard, 3 yearsArsenic1 notices

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Latest notices

Date	Source	Product	Hazard	Type
22 Jul 2024	EU	Arsénico inorgánico en arroz descascarillado de Guyana. / Inorganic arsenic in husked rice	Arsenic	Information · potentially serious
17 Jan 2023	EU	Carbendazim, propiconazole and tricyclazole in rice	Pesticide residues	Alert · serious
14 Jun 2021	EU	E 120 in shrimps from Guyana	Other	Border rejection · not serious
15 Oct 2020	EU	Mercury in frozen blacktip shark steaks (Carcharhinus limbatus) from Guyana	Mercury	Border rejection · serious
24 Jul 2020	EU	Unauthorised colour E 110 and colour E 123 in frozen lane snappers from Guyana	Colours	Border rejection · not serious
24 Jul 2020	EU	Unauthorised use colour E 110, colour E 122 and colour E 123 in frozen whole snappers and	Colours	Border rejection · not serious
20 Jul 2020	EU	Undeclared and unauthorised use of colour E 123 - amaranth (16 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen snap	Undeclared allergen	Border rejection · not serious
8 Jul 2020	EU	E 123 and E110 in red snapper (Lutjanus purpureus) from Guayana	Other	Border rejection · not serious
15 May 2020	EU	UNAUTHORIZED SYNTHETIC COLOURING AGENT IN FROZEN FISH FROM GUYANA	Colours	Border rejection · serious