Failing Food Report – December 2020

Publication details

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, December 2020

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
24/11/2020	Dried shaved bonito	Japan	Yamaki Co Ltd	Histamine	240	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
27/11/2020	Pickled fish powder	Sri Lanka	Taviuc Co Ltd	Histamine	240	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
4/12/2020	Peanuts blanched	Brazil	Beatrice Comercio Importacao E Exportacao De Amendom Ltda	Aflatoxin	0.033	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
4/12/2020	Peanuts flour coated	India	Jamnadas Ruttonsey and Company	Aflatoxin	0.22	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
4/12/2020	Dried Spanish mackerel	Sri Lanka	CMB Lanka (Private) Limited	Histamine	410	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
4/12/2020	Dried Spanish mackerel	Sri Lanka	CMB Lanka (Private) Limited	Histamine	920	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
7/12/2020	Peanut/sesame paste	China	Beijing Wangzhihe Foodstuff Factory	Aflatoxin	0.011 (product contains 50% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.0075)	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
7/12/2020	Anchovy fillets in olive oil	Italy	Talatta SRL	Histamine	2150	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
8/12/2020	Anchovies	Italy	Delizie Di Calaeria	Histamine	310	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
8/12/2020	Maldive fish chips	Sri Lanka	Derana Marketing Services Pvt Ltd	Histamine	250	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
9/12/2020	Peanut chickee	Pakistan	Oasis Corporation	Aflatoxin	0.014 (product contains 60% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.009)	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
11/12/2020	Dried anchovy	Myanmar	SHWE Myanmar Investment and Commercial Co Ltd	Histamine	360	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
15/12/2020	Kelp powder	Korea Republic of	BKF Global	Iodine	4380	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
17/12/2020	Peeled and cooked cocktail prawns	Thailand	Thai Union Seafood Company Ltd	Vibrio cholerae	Detected	/125g	CRU 11/2020
16/12/2020	Canned tuna (tuna and onion)	Thailand	ABD Khan Co Ltd	Histamine	455	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
16/12/2020	Canned tuna (tomato and basil)	Thailand	ABD Khan Co Ltd	Histamine	812	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
17/12/2020	Seasoning peanuts fully cooked	China	Zhejiang Chenhua Co Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.192	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
17/12/2020	Anchovy fillets	Italy	Talatta SRL	Histamine	330	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
18/12/2020	Prepared fish (otsunami koago)	Japan	Kojima Shokuhin Co Ltd	Histamine	250	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
22/12/2020	Hijiki seaweed	Korea Republic of	BKF Global	Inorganic arsenic	80.3	mg/kg	HJS 10/2016
24/12/2020	Peanuts diced & blanched	China	AHCOF Industrial Development Co Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.06	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
30/12/2020	Chilli powder	India	Synthite Industries Ltd	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
19/11/2020	Fruit jelly	Malaysia	Tenten	Composition	Additive sodium benzoate (211)	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.1	16583
1/12/2020	Horseradish powdered	Japan	Kinjirushi Wasabi Co (Yokohama Japan)	Composition	Vitamin C	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16579
8/12/2020	Custard cake one roll	Vietnam	Tan Tien Phat Food Manufacturer	Composition	Colour 131	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.1	16609
9/12/2020	Betel nut	India	Shree Ram Exports	Composition	Areca catechu (Betel nut)	Prohibited plant	n/a	FSC 1.4.4	16605
9/12/2020	Frozen cut hyacinth beans	India	Vadilal Industries Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Profenofos	0.035 Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 15664
10/12/2020	Rice	Thailand	C.P Intertrade Co Ltd	Lead	Lead	0.9	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.1	16613
10/12/2020	Barramundi skin on	Indonesia	PT Iambeu Mina Utama	Chemical	Nitrofurazone	0.004 Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16614
11/12/2020	Cereal original chips ahoy	United States	Smart & Final	Composition	Vitamin B5	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16208
14/12/2020	Raspberry juice concentrate	Canada	Pacific Coast Fruit Products Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Fipronil	0.10 Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16621
15/12/2020	Garlic shoots	China	Anqiu Artisan Agricultural Products Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Thiabendazole	0.28 Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16626
22/12/2020	Rice ball	Singapore	Tee Yih Jia Food Mfg Pte Ltd	Composition	Additive 127 (Erythrosine)	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.1	16649
23/12/2020	Fruit jam mixed	Korea Republic of	Hindustan Unilever Ltd	Composition	Vitamin B3	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16659
23/12/2020	Jelly	Korea Republic of	Orion Corporation	Composition	Additive colouring- carthamus yellow	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.1	16645
23/12/2020	Jelly	Korea Republic of	Orion Corporation	Composition	Additive colouring- gardenia blue	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.1	16645
31/12/2020	Coffee Nescafe roast ready to drink	Thailand	Quality Coffee Product Co Ltd	Composition	Caffeine	800	mg/L	FSC 2.6.4	16668