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.
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Risk food tests (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. Risk food is 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.
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. 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 tests
Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Organism | Result/s | Units | Standard |
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29/09/2015 | Smoked salmon | Norway | Sunsea AS |
Listeria monocytogenes | D<100, D<100, D<100, D<100, D<100 | /25g | FSH 05/2014 |
29/09/2015 | Premium frozen crab meat | Vietnam | Nhat Hong Food Industry Company | Standard Plate Count | 150000, 160000, 110000, 120000, 170000 | cfu/g |
CRU 05/2014 |
12/10/2015 | Spanish serrano dry cured ham | Spain | Redondo Iglesias SA |
Listeria monocytogenes | Detected | /125g | UMP05/2014 |
13/10/2015 | Sheep ricotta (smoked & salted) | Italy | Caseificio Debbene |
E.coli | <10, 540, 1800, <10, 90 | cfu/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
13/10/2015 | Frozen cooked vannamei shrimp | Vietnam | Tan Phong Phu Seafood Company Limited | SPC | 34000, 210000, 120000, 61000, 490000 | cfu/g |
CRU 05/2014 |
14/10/2015 | Mozzarella di bufala cheese | Italy | La Baronia Srl |
E.coli | 370, 600, <10, 10, 90 | cfu/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
14/10/2015 | Graindorge livarot cheese | France | Fromagerie De Livarot |
E.coli | 10, 33, 10, 21 & 32 | cfu/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
16/10/2015 | Kefalotiri cheese in wheels | Greece | Karalis SA |
E.coli | 50 est, <3, 53 est, 26 est, <3 | cfu/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
20/10/2015 | Cooked & peeled prawn | Vietnam | Trong Nhan Seafood Company | SPC | 29000, 230000, 120000, 200000, 35000 | cfu/g |
CRU 05/2014 |
21/10/2015 | Sliced mackerel | Greece | El.Vi.Al. SA (Greece) |
Listeria monocytogenes | D<50, D<50, D<50, D<50, D<50 | cfu/g |
SCM 05/2014 |
22/10/2015 | Casatica Di Bufala Cheese | Italy | Azienda Agricola Gritti Bruno E Alfio SS |
Listeria monocytogenes | Detected | cfu/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
26/10/2015 | Black pepper cracked | India | Nishant Export (India) | Salmonella | Detected | /125g |
SPI 05/2014 |
28/10/2015 | Saracino cheese wheel | Italy | Gennaro Auricchio |
E.coli | 43, 23, <10, 15, <10 | MPN/g |
CHE 05/2014 |
30/10/2015 | Blue cheese | Spain | Queixeria Prestes SL |
Listeria monocytogenes | Detected | /125g |
CHE 05/2014 |
Chemical / Contaminant / Toxin test results
Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Analyte | Result/s | Units | Standard |
7/10/2015 | Tapioca chips | India | Fineday Foods | Hydrocyanic acid | 28 | mg/kg |
CAS 05/2014 |
20/10/2015 | Pistachio nut kernels | China | Sun Wing Nuts & Food Co. Ltd | Aflatoxin | 0.081 | mg/kg |
NUT 05/2014 |
26/10/2015 | Satay paste | China | Shantou Food Factory Limited | Aflatoxin | 0.039 | mg/kg | SAT 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 non-compliant 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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27/08/2015 | Sugar snap peas | China | Guangzhou Linqi Trading Co Ltd | Iprodione | 0.48 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
27/08/2015 | Sugar snap peas | China | Guangzhou Linqi Trading Co Ltd | Iprodione | 0.079 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
7/09/2015 | Chilli bean curd | China | Guiyang Nanming Laoganma Special Flavour Foodstuff Co Ltd | Bacillus cereus | 1500, 3200, 1700, 2300, 1600 | cfu/g |
User guide to FSC Std 1.6.1 |
8/09/2015 | Goraka paste | Sri Lanka | Derana Marketing Services Pvt Ltd | Lead | 0.38 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
10/09/2015 | Fresh snow peas | China | Guangzhou Linqi Trading Co Ltd | Iprodione | 0.67 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
14/09/2015 | Chinese frozen spinach | China | Shanghai Zhaoyong International Trade Co. Ltd. | Chlorpyrifos | 0.042, 0.014 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
15/09/2015 | Frozen black tiger prawn with garlic marinade | Vietnam | Trang Khanh Seafood Co Ltd (Dl 343) | Ciprofloxacin | 0.0032 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
25/09/2015 | Vinegar | Japan | Shimaya Co Ltd | Composition (identified through labelling) | Additive disodium succinate not permitted in this food | |
FSC 1.3.1 |
25/09/2015 | Vinegar | Japan | Shimaya Co Ltd | Composition (identified through labelling) | Additive disodium succinate not permitted in this food | |
FSC 1.3.1 |
13/10/2015 | Confectionary | South Africa | Tiger Food Brands Ltd (Incorporating Tiger Consumer Brands Limited) | Composition (identified through labelling) | Additive Erythrosine (E127) not permitted in this food | |
FSC 1.3.1 |
14/10/2015 | Coconut cream | Thailand | Suree Interfoods Co Ltd | Composition (identified through labelling) | Additive E412 not permitted in this food | |
FSC 1.3.1 |
14/10/2015 | Coconut cream | Thailand | Suree Interfoods Co Ltd | Composition (identified through labelling) | Additive E412 not permitted in this food | |
FSC 1.3.1 |
22/10/2015 | Dry sprat | Myanmar | Max World International Co Ltd | Histamine | 460 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
23/10/2015 | Currants | Netherlands | Fruit Management Europe B.V | Thiacloprid | 0.18 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.2 |
30/10/2015 | Preserved olive | China | Xiamen Gulong Import And Export Ltd (China) | Lead | 0.41 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |
30/10/2015 | Preserved olive | China | Xiamen Gulong Import And Export Ltd (China) | Lead | 0.36 | mg/kg |
FSC 1.4.1 |