Publication details
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 |