Failing Food Report – December 2021

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, December 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

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
02/11/2021 Seasoned seaweed Japan Kurakon Foods Corporation Iodine 3800 mg/kg BSW 12/2016
26/11/2021 Dried fish Zambia Kiza Enterprises The food is not suitable for its reasonable intended use. Insect infestation. N/A N/A Imported Food Control Act Section 3(2)
08/12/2021 Dried sardinella Sri Lanka Ceylon First Exports (Pvt) Ltd Histamine 240 mg/kg HIS 12/2016
14/12/2021 Dry red chillies India Srinivasa Exports The food is not suitable for its reasonable intended use – mould. N/A N/A Imported Food Control Act Section 3(2)
23/12/2021 Dried betel nut Thailand Wilaiwan Prohibited plant –Areca catechu nut N/A N/A FSC 1.4.4

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
12/11/2021 Frozen durian Vietnam Song Tran Import and Export Co Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Carbendazim not permitted in this food 0.17 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 Holding order match 17360
03/12/2021 Fresh lemon Egypt Orange For Agricultural Crops Fruit and vegetable residue screen Propargite not permitted in this food 0.05 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 Holding order match 16705
08/12/2021 Electrolyte drink mix - watermelon/ lemonade/ raspberry United States Ultima Health Products Inc Composition Zinc citrate and manganese citrate not permitted in this food N/A N/A FSC 1.3.2 17515
09/12/2021 Acacia honey Serbia Med-Honey Doo C4 adulteration Evidence of blended or artificial honey being misrepresented as honey 29.20 % FSC 2.8.2 Holding order match 15398
10/12/2021 Fresh betel leaves India Fresh Jasmines Export And Import Pvt Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Chlorpyrifos detected in excess of MRL 1.89 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 Holding order match 15412
10/12/2021 Red wine and garlic sprinkle South Africa Flippen Lekka Spice Composition Additive Colour (E127) not permitted in this food N/A N/A FSC 1.3.1 Holding order match 17170
13/12/2021 Frozen whole durian Thailand Sunshine International Co Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Procymidone not permitted in this food 0.77 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 Holding order match 17363
16/12/2021 Fish cake Japan S-Around Inc. Composition Additive Erythrosine E127 not permitted in this food N/A N/A FSC 1.3.1 Composition fail for a risk food
17/12/2021 Baby okra India Chetak Melbourne Pty Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Tebuconazole detected in excess of MRL 0.08 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 17530
20/12/2021 Fresh garlic sprouts China Aohua Produce (Shandong) Co Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Iprodione detected in excess of MRL 0.54 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 17531
20/12/2021 Frozen red chilli Vietnam Nguyen Thanh Iep Co Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Heptachlor not permitted in this food 0.11 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 17544
Propiconazole detected in excess of MRL 0.17 mg/kg
23/12/2021 Black harmula Iran, Islamic Republic of Barg Sabz Co Composition Prohibited plant – Peganum harmala N/A N/A FSC 1.4.4 17555
29/12/2021 Frozen dry shrimp dumpling China Yunnan Moben International Trade Co Ltd Composition Prohibited plant - Amanita muscaria (Agaric) N/A N/A FSC 1.4.4 17554
30/12/2021 Dried dates China Hong Fung Trading Co (Hong Kong) Fruit and vegetable residue screen Cypermethrin detected in excess of MRL 0.06 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 17551
Fenvalerate detected in excess of MRL 0.08 mg/kg
30/12/2021 Dried figs China Yun Wo Medicine Trading Co Fruit and vegetable residue screen Dimethoate not permitted in this food 0.08 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 17552

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