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Failing Food Report – March 2021

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, March 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
2/3/2021 Cheese (bontazola vaschetta gorgonzola D.O.P) Italy Emilio Mauri Listeria monocytogenes Detected n/a FSC 1.6.1
2/3/2021 Chilli powder India Nishant Export Salmonella Detected /125g SPI 06/2019
3/3/2021 Frozen cockle Vietnam Taviuc Co Ltd E. coli 0.2, 9, 2, 0.2, 0.7 MPN/g MOL 04/2017
8/3/2021 Peanut candy India Thulasi Exim International Aflatoxin 0.067 (product contains 70% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.0105) mg/kg NUT 11/2018
10/3/2021 Egg coated peanuts Indonesia PT Selaras Jaya Aneka Globalindo Aflatoxin 0.01 (product contains 60% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.009) mg/kg NUT 11/2018
11/3/2021 Tapioca chips India Greenmount Spices Hydrocyanic acid 15 mg/kg CAS 09/2019
12/3/2021 Peanut satay sauce chicken Indonesia PT Enak Jaya Makmur (Indonesia) Aflatoxin 0.023 (product contains 52.9% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.0079) mg/kg NUT 11/2018
12/3/2021 Spicy peanut salad dressing Indonesia PT Enak Jaya Makmur (Indonesia) Aflatoxin 0.018 (product contains 64% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.0096) mg/kg NUT 11/2018
15/3/2021 Dried seaweed China Jinqiang Food Factory Iodine Line 15a:1100 mg/kg BSW 12/2016
Line 16a:1400 mg/kg BSW 12/2016
Line 17a:2400 mg/kg BSW 12/2016
16/3/2021 Mussels Fiji Fiji Agro Marketing E. coli 110, >110, >110, >110, 46 MPN/g MOL 04/2017
19/3/2021 Betel nut Myanmar Evershine Trading Co Ltd Prohibited plant n/a n/a FSC 1.4.4
23/3/2021 Peanut bars/balls India Visnukumar (India) Aflatoxin 0.15 (product contains 93% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.01395) mg/kg NUT 11/2018

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
23/2/2021 Soft drink Japan Asahi Inryo K.K Composition Vitamin C Not permitted in this food n/a FSC 1.3.2 16856
26/2/2021 Energy drink Thailand T.C Pharmaceutical Industries Co Ltd Composition Choline Bitrate Not permitted in this food n/a FSC 1.3.2 HO match 16586
2/3/2021 Celery China Yantai Aofeng Foodstuff Co Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Cyhalothrin Detected - Not permitted in this food mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 HO match 16710
2/3/2021 Spinach India Global Gourmet Pvt Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Chlorpyrifos 0.013 - Exceeds permitted MRL mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 HO match 15422
2/3/2021 Preserved chilli beancurd China Zhuhai Bomen Food Enterprises Ltd Bacillus cereus Bacillus cereus 25000, 3300, 14000, 6900, >30000 cfu/g FSC 1.6.1 16893
5/3/2021 Yellow lentils India Batra Enterprises Fruit and vegetable residue screen Chlorpyrifos - Lines 17a, 17c,17d Detected - Not permitted in this food mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 HO match 16116
11/03/2021 Frozen vegetables India Aerath Business Corporation Fruit and vegetable residue screen Acephate - Lines 5a&5b Detected - Not permitted in this food mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 16871
Methamidophos - Lines 5a&5b Detected - Not permitted in this food mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 16871
Cypermethrin - Line 5a 0.48 - Exceeds permitted MRL mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 16871
Cypermethrin - Line 5b 0.043 - Exceeds permitted MRL mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 16871
16/3/2021 Raisins Iran Ratin Khosh Co Fruit and vegetable residue screen Carbendazim 0.78 - Exceeds permitted MRL mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 16885
16/3/2021 Mandarins Eqypt Dakahlia Fruit and vegetable residue screen Pendimethalin 0.08 - Exceeds permitted MRL mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 16886
18/3/2021 Monkfruit China Success Day Hong Fruit and vegetable residue screen Cyhalothrin Detected - Not permitted in this food mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 HO match 15256
18/3/2021 Lentils Myanmar AYS MFG Co Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Chlorpyrifos 0.025 - Exceeds permitted MRL mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 HO match 15007
18/3/2021 Yellow lentils Myanmar AYS MFG Co Ltd Fruit and vegetable residue screen Chlorpyrifos 0.015 - Exceeds permitted MRL mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 HO match 15323
19/03/2021 Chocolate & caramel cereal bars United Kingdom Tesco Pty Ltd Composition Vitamin B12 Not permitted in this food n/a FSC 1.3.2 HO match 16818
Pantothenic acid Not permitted in this food n/a FSC 1.3.2 HO match 16818
19/3/2021 Potato chips China Hunan Wangwang Foodstuffs Co Ltd Composition Vitamin C Not permitted in this food n/a FSC 1.3.2 HO match 16641
31/3/2021 Flavoured syrup Thailand Hales Trading (Thailand) Composition Additive E211 - Lines 3a,4a Not permitted in this food n/a FSC 1.3.1 16939

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