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 six monthly
Imported Food Inspection Data reports.
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Risk/Advisory food tests (targeted monitoring of food for compliance to safety standards)
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources targets and monitors food determined to pose a high or medium risk to public health.
Risk food is targeted at the rate of 100 per cent until a history of food safety compliance is established. When an emerging human health and safety hazard is identified in food, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources may temporarily increase monitoring and testing. This is referred to as advisory food.
The following table details where noncompliant food was detected. Advisory food is marked with an asterisk in the table.
The food was not distributed for sale in Australia. It was destroyed by the importer or re-exported to the country of origin under department supervision. Where a product is found to be noncompliant because the label does not have the mandatory allergen declaration, the product must be destroyed, re-exported or re-labelled to include the mandatory declaration. Future consignments continue to be targeted at 100 per cent until a history of compliance is established. More information on risk food and the tests applied under the IFIS can be found on the
Tests applied to risk food webpages.
Microbiological / Allergen tests
Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Organism or Allergen | Result/s | Units | Standard |
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4/02/2016 | Coconut water powder* | India | Beloorbayir Biotech Ltd | Mandatory allergen declaration not on label (total milk) | >25 | ppm |
FSC 1.2.3 |
4/02/2016 | Frozen cooked and peeled shrimp | China | Fujian Haipeng Marine Industry Co Ltd | Coagulase-positive staphylococci | 100, 390, 2800, 440, 820 | cfu/g |
CRU 05/2014 |
7/02/2016 | Graindorge livarot cheese | France | Fromagerie De Livarot |
E. coli | <10, 120, <10, 57, 45 | cfu/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
7/02/2016 | Graindorge livarot cheese | France | Fromagerie De Livarot |
E. coli | 120, <10, 10, 10, 10 | cfu/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
9/02/2016 | Ricotta di Bufalo cheese | Italy | Fattorie Garofalo (Carua Ce Italy) |
E. coli | <3, <3, 20 est, 50 est, 36 est | cfu/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
12/02/2016 | Coconut extract powder* | China | Xi'an Yuensun Biological Technology Co Ltd | Mandatory allergen declaration not on label (total milk) | >25, >25, >25, >25, >25 | ppm |
FSC 1.2.3 |
17/02/2016 | Pata de mulo curado cheese | Spain | La Moldera Real S.L |
E. coli | 86, 57, 21, <10, 10 | cfu/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
25/02/2016 | Frozen cooked shrimp | Vietnam | Ngo Brothers Sea Products | Standard Plate Count | 53000, 570000, 150000, 120000, 34000 | cfu/g |
CRU 05/2014 |
Chemical / Contaminant / Toxin test results
Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Analyte | Result/s | Units | Standard |
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4/02/2016 | Peanut butter | Ghana | Praise Export Services Ltd | Aflatoxin | 0.037 | mg/kg |
NUT 05/2014 |
4/02/2016 | American pistachio kernels | Turkey | Med Starline Global Gida Mad Giyim Tem | Aflatoxin | 0.17 | mg/kg |
NUT 05/2014 |
4/02/2016 | American pistachio kernels | Turkey | Med Starline Global Gida Mad Giyim Tem | Aflatoxin | 0.14 | mg/kg |
NUT 05/2014 |
8/02/2016 | Dried kelp | Korea, Republic of | Sempio Food Company (Korea) | Iodine | 2870 | mg/kg |
BSW 05/2014 |
16/02/2016 | Dried seaweed | Korea, Republic of | Woorichan Co Ltd | Iodine | 2380 | mg/kg |
BSW 05/2014 |
Random monitoring of food for compliance
The department operates a five per cent random surveillance scheme 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 noncompliant with food standards. Future consignments of this food 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 |
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1/02/2016 | Fresh snow peas | China | Guangzhou Linqi Trading Co Ltd | Carbendazim | 2 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
4/02/2016 | Frozen okra | Egypt | Bostana Co For Industries And Quality Systems | Chlorpyrifos | 0.04 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
5/02/2016 | Pandan leaf | Vietnam | Tan Dong Trade Production Co Ltd | Chlorpyrifos | 0.6 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
15/02/2016 | Sugar snap pea
| China | Guangzhou Linqi Trading Co Ltd | Flusilazole | 0.06 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
15/02/2016 | Snow pea | China | Guangzhou Linqi Trading Co Ltd | Iprodione | 0.24 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
16/02/2016 | Oranges
| Egypt | International Co For Packing & Refrigeration | Cyhalothrin Phosmet | 0.07 0.2 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
16/02/2016 | Oranges | Egypt | International Co For Packing & Refrigeration | Cyhalothrin Phosmet | 0.03 0.3 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
19/02/2016 | Blackeye beans | United States | Dompe Warehouse Co Inc | Acephate Methamidophos | 0.25 0.063 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
24/02/2016 | Frozen boiled corn | Vietnam | Viet Vuong Food Industries Ltd (Vietnam) | Acephate Methamidophos | 0.17 0.067 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
24/02/2016 | Frozen chilli | Vietnam | Viet Vuong Food Industries Ltd (Vietnam) | Carbendazim Chlorpyrifos Difenoconazole Metalaxyl | 0.16
0.02
0.051
0.1 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
24/02/2016 | Frozen okra | Egypt | Orouba Agrifoods Processing | Chlorpyrifos | 0.07 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |