Failing Food Report – April 2021

Publication details

April 2021

This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).

Data set - Importing Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports

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Risk food tests

We target and monitor food that poses a high or medium risk to public health. We refer 100% of risk food imports until we establish a history of compliance.

Table 1 lists non-compliant food we’ve detected.

Non-compliant food can’t be distributed for sale in Australia. We supervise the importer destroying or re-exporting it.

Table 1 Risk food test results

Date of fail	Product description	Country of origin	Producer name	Reason for fail	Result/s	Units	Reference
18/3/2021	Betel nut	India	Visnukumar Traders Pvt Ltd	Prohibited plant	n/a	n/a	FSC 1.4.4
9/4/2021	Tapioca crisp	Malaysia	Desa Southern Agency	Hydrocyanic acid	11	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
13/4/2021	Cassava chips	Indonesia	PT Rasa Sayang Ais Krim	Hydrocyanic acid	11	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
13/4/2021	Roasted peanuts	China	Shandong Fengsheng Foods Co Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.149	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
14/4/2021	Tapioca chips	Indonesia	Wynad Exports	Hydrocyanic acid	14	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
14/4/2021	Tapioca sticks	Indonesia	Wynad Exports	Hydrocyanic acid	18	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
15/4/2021	Dried seaweed strip	China	Fuzhou Hailin Foods Co Ltd	Iodine	1830	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
15/4/2021	Dried seaweed	China	Fuzhou Hailin Foods Co Ltd	Iodine	2900	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
23/4/2021	Peanuts granulated	China	Shandong Fengsheng Foods Co Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.032	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
24/4/2021	Sweet peanuts	Sri Lanka	J Remitta Stores	Aflatoxin	0.013 (product contains 55% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.008)	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
30/4/2021	Red chilli powder	India	Al Saqr General Trading Co Llc	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019

Surveillance food tests

We randomly refer 5% of surveillance food imports. We test for compliance to certain standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code and to verify safety.

Table 2 lists non-compliant food we’ve detected. We will test further imported consignments of this food at an increased rate. We do this until the overseas producer reaches a history of compliance. To achieve this, we apply a holding order to the non-compliant food from the particular overseas producer. This legal instrument flags the food for increased testing.

‘HO match’ indicates the fail was against an existing holding order. See a list of published holding orders.

Table 2 Surveillance food test results

Date of fail	Product description	Country of origin	Producer name	Test applied	Reason for fail	Result/s	Units	Reference	Holding order number
19/3/2021	Candy	Japan	Kasugai Seika Co Ltd	Composition	Gardenia blue	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.1	16956
1/4/2021	Raisin sultana	India	Patidar Exports Pvt Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Thiamethoxam	0.25 - Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16944
7/4/2021	Spinach	China	Gaomi Ruifeng Foods Co	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Cyhalothrin	Detected - Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16945
7/4/2021	Spinach	China	Gaomi Ruifeng Foods Co	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Chlorpyrifos	0.022 - Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16945
14/4/2021	Snow peas	China	Yongzhou Huiyou Agriculture Development Limited Company	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Thiamethoxam	0.02 - Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16960
14/4/2021	Snow peas	China	Yongzhou Huiyou Agriculture Development Limited Company	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Difenoconazole	0.08 - Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16960
20/4/2021	Raisins	India	Patidar Exports Pvt Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Carbendazim	0.5 - Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16981
23/4/2021	Gourd slices	India	Innovative Cuisine	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Monocrotophos	Detected - Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 16840
23/4/2021	Gourd slices	India	Innovative Cuisine	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Acephate	Detected - Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 16840
29/4/2021	Energy drink	Iraq	Narin Company General Trading	Composition	Vitamin B2	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	17017
					Vitamin B6	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	17017
					Vitamin B12	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	17017