Countries of origin · 12 Nov 2026

Food from Namibia: safety alerts and border rejections

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

Notices, 12 months4prior 12 months: 0

Border rejections, 12 months1refused at the border

Top hazard, 3 yearsVeterinary drug residues2 notices

Reported by1EU (RASFF)

Notices per month

EU (RASFF)Australia

Hazards, last 3 years

Products, last 3 years

Latest notices

Date	Source	Product	Hazard	Type
24 Sep 2026	EU	Poor temperature control in frozen hake fillets from Namibia // Ruptura de la cadena de fr	Temperature control	Border rejection · potential risk
14 Jul 2026	EU	High levels of mercury in frozen swordfish (Xiphias gladius) fillets from Spain// Nivel el	Mercury	Information · serious
23 Dec 2025	EU	Consignment chilled meat skipped veterinary controls in Border Control Post	Veterinary drug residues	Information · potential risk
23 Dec 2025	EU	Consignment chilled meat skipped veterinary controls in Border Control Post	Veterinary drug residues	Information · potential risk
22 Mar 2023	EU	Salmonella Kisarawe and Salonella Anatum in beef from Namibia	Salmonella	Information · potentially serious
13 Dec 2021	EU	mercury (1.6 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen swordfish ((Xiphias gladius) steaks from Spain, with r	Mercury	Alert · serious
20 Jan 2021	AU	Precooked maize meal Namib Mills Pty Ltd	Other Vitamin A Not permitted in this food	Border rejection
24 Nov 2020	EU	Improper health certificate(s) for frozen kingklip fillets (Genypterus capensis) from Nami	Documents and labelling	Border rejection · not serious
24 Nov 2020	EU	Improper health certificate(s) for frozen kingklip fillets (Genypterus capensis) from Nami	Documents and labelling	Border rejection · not serious
16 Jul 2019	AU	Pilchards in hot chilli sauce United Fishing Enterprises (Pty) Ltd	Other Irradiated cayenne pepper Not a permitted treatment for this	Border rejection