This report details food that was found to fail under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme during the month. For full data on activity and compliance under the Scheme refer to the 6 monthly
Imported Food Inspection Data reports.
Risk food test (targeted monitoring of food for compliance to safety standards)
The Department of Agriculture targets and monitors food determined to pose a high or medium risk to public health. These
risk foods are targeted at 100 per cent until a history of food safety compliance is established.
The following table details where results were detected in excess of food safety limits.
These foods were not distributed for sale in Australia, they were destroyed by the importer or re-exported to the country of origin under department supervision. Future consignments continue to be targeted at 100 per cent until a history of compliance is established. More information on risk foods and the tests applied under the IFIS can be found in Imported Food Notice 09/12.
Microbiological tests
Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Organism | Result/s | Units | Standard |
|---|
2/01/2014 | Organic Perl Las cheese | United Kingdom | Caws Cenarth Cheese Ltd |
E. coli | <3.0, 4, 4, >1100, 4 | MPN/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
2/01/2014 | Perl Las cheese | United Kingdom | Caws Cenarth Cheese Ltd |
E. coli | <3.0, >1100, 43, 75, 20 | MPN/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
2/01/2014 | Taleggio DOP cheese | Italy | Luigi Guffanti di Fiori Giovanni & C. S.A.S. |
E. coli | 460, 3.0, <3.0, 9.0, <3.0 | MPN/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
3/01/2014 | Chilli powder | Sri Lanka | D & R Exports Pvt Ltd |
Salmonella | Detected. | /125g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
6/01/2014 | Organic Perl Las cheese | United Kingdom | Caws Cenarth Cheese Ltd |
E. coli | 43, 43, 43, <3.0, 23
>1100, >1100, >1100, >1100, >1100 | MPN/g
MPN/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
6/01/2014 | Sliced smoked salmon | Poland | Limito S.A |
Listeria monocytogenes | D<10, ND, ND, D<10, ND | cfu/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
6/01/2014 | Sliced smoked salmon | Poland | Limito S.A |
Listeria monocytogenes | D<10, D<10, ND, D<10, D<10 | cfu/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
13/01/2014 | Smoked Atlantic salmon | Poland | Limito S.A |
Listeria monocytogenes | D<10, D<10, D<10, D<10, ND | cfu/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
15/01/2014 | Hot smoked salmon | Norway | Sunsea AS |
Listeria monocytogenes | D 26000, D 40000, D 25000, D 150, D 15000 | /25g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
15/01/2014 | Hot smoked salmon | Norway | Sunsea AS |
Listeria monocytogenes | D 24000, D 28000, ND, D 25000, D 4400 | /25g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
21/01/2014 | Cooked crab meat | Vietnam | Tan Thanh Loi Frozen Food Co Ltd | Standard Plate Count | 200 000, 180 000, 340 000,
220 000, 420 000 | cfu/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
22/01/2014 | Plain halawa | Lebanon | Alfa Interfood S.A.L. (Lebanon) |
Salmonella | Detected. | /125g |
IFN 09/12 |
22/01/2014 | Ricotta salata cheese | Italy | Argiolas Formaggi SRL |
Listeria monocytogenes | Detected. | /125g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
17/01/2014 | Sliced smoked salmon | Poland | Limito S.A |
Listeria monocytogenes | D<10, ND, ND, D<10, ND
D<10, D<10, D<10, D<10, D<10
D<10, D<10, D<10, ND, ND | cfu/g
cfu/g
cfu/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
24/01/2014 | Desiccated coconut | India | Aerath Business Corporation |
Salmonella | Detected. | /250g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
21/01/2014 | Traditional Bercbois cheese | France | Jacquin et Fils (FR36.233.01CE) |
E. coli | 10, 140, 33, 1600, 10 | cfu/g |
FSC 1.6.1 |
Chemical / Contaminant / Toxin test results
Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Analyte | Result/s | Units | Standard |
|---|
17/01/2014 | Chilled tuna | Fiji | Fiji Fish Marketing Group (Fiji) | Histamine | 270 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
17/01/2014 | Hidaka kombu seaweed | Japan | Daichu Shokuhin Co Ltd | Iodine | 3100 | mg/kg |
IFN 09/12 |
23/01/2014 | Satay sauce | Indonesia | Enak Eco (Indonesia) | Aflatoxin | 0.066 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
24/01/2014 | Cracker nuts | Philippines | Food Industries Incorporated (Philippines) | Aflatoxin | 0.046
0.39 | mg/kg
mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
30/01/2014 | Cassava chips | Indonesia | CV Arira Pangindo | Hydrocyanic acid | 17 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
28/01/2014 | Dried seaweed | Taiwan | Jia Shin International Development Co Ltd | Iodine | 5200 | mg/kg |
IFN 09/12 |
Random monitoring of food for compliance
The department operates a five per cent random surveillance program to monitor a range of food imported into Australia for compliance to some standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. These tests are applied as part of a rolling program of surveillance on the Australian food supply.
The following table details where results were found to be non-compliant with food standards. Future consignments of these foods are subject to an increased rate of testing until a history of compliance is achieved.
More information on surveillance food and the tests applied can be found on the
Tests applied to surveillance foods webpage.
Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Organism or Analyte | Result/s | Units | Standard |
|---|
2/01/2014 | Taro powder | Taiwan | Lian Fa International | Composition (identified through labelling) | Additive 'E127' not permitted in this food. | |
FSC 1.3.1 |
8/01/2014 | Cereal | South Africa | Kellogg Co (South Africa) | Composition (identified through labelling) | Vitamin B12 not permitted in this food. | |
FSC 1.3.2 |
9/01/2014 | Frozen chilli | Vietnam | Taviuc Co Ltd | Difenoconazole | 0.18 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
10/01/2014 | Fresh barramundi | Singapore | Chun Cheng Enterprise Pte Ltd | Histamine | 533 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
13/01/2014 | Thin noodles | China | Shantou Lifa Trading Co., Ltd. | Composition (identified through labelling) | Ferrous lactate and zinc lactate not permitted in this food. | |
FSC 1.3.1 |
10/01/2014 | Sardine/herring | Philippines | HLS Aqua Products | Histamine | 439 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
13/01/2014 | Mango and peach confectionery | Germany | Beauty Sweeties GMBH | Composition (identified through labelling) | Coenzyme Q10 and Beta carotene not permitted in this food. | |
FSC 1.3.1
FSC 1.3.2 |
13/01/2014 | Pomegranate and raspberry confectionery | Germany | Beauty Sweeties GMBH | Composition (identified through labelling) | Coenzyme Q10 and Vitamin E not permitted in this food. | |
FSC 1.3.1
FSC 1.3.2 |
8/01/2014 | Roasted coconut | Thailand | Arn Jirataya | Visual | The food is not suitable for its reasonable use - visible mould. | |
Imported Food Control Act Section 3(2) |
17/01/2014 | Parsley | South Africa | Naturals Herbs & Spices (South Africa) | Malathion | 0.14 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
17/01/2014 | Parsley | South Africa | Naturals Herbs & Spices (South Africa) | Malathion | 0.09 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
17/01/2014 | Parsley | South Africa | Naturals Herbs & Spices (South Africa) | Malathion | 0.15 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
21/01/2014 | Dried betel nut slice | Thailand | Asia World Trading (Thailand) | Composition (identified through labelling) | Prohibited plant (Betel nut) | |
FSC 1.4.4 |
24/01/2014 | Fried fish | Thailand | Shwe Hintar Co.,Ltd | Histamine | 210 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
24/01/2014 | Stoneless date | China | Zhongshan Zhengfeng Dried Fruit Foodstuffs (China) | Difenoconazole | 0.14 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
21/01/2014 | Pickled cucumber | Korea | Daesang Co Ltd (S.Korea) | Composition (identified through labelling) | Additive 'Saccharin' not permitted in this food. | |
FSC 1.3.1 |
30/01/2014 | Frozen black tiger prawn | Vietnam | Quocviet Seaproducts | Enrofloxacin | 0.0095 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
21/01/2014 | Dessert product | Thailand | S & P Syndicate Co (Thailand) | Composition (identified through labelling) | Additive 'Monascus' not permitted in this food. | |
FSC 1.3.1 |
29/01/2014 | Dried anchovy | Tanzania | Food Sol Co | Visual | The food is not suitable for its reasonable intended use – foreign matter. | |
Imported Food Control Act Section 3(2) |