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Failing Food Report – May 2022

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

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

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.

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.

If surveillance food fails a test, we apply a holding order. To achieve this, we apply a holding order to the non-compliant food from the particular overseas producer. This administrative instrument flags the food for increased testing. We do this until the overseas producer reaches a history of compliance. See a list of published holding orders.

'HO number' indicates a new holding order was issued for the failed surveillance food.

'HO match' indicates the fail was against an existing holding order.

'Risk' indicates that the fail was for a risk food. Future consignments of failed risk food are automatically referred for increased testing and therefore a holding order is not issued.

This table lists test results of non-compliant food we’ve detected.

Date of fail Product description Country of origin Producer name Test applied / reason for fail Results / Units Reference Food category
02/03/2022

 

Frozen strawberries

 

China

 

Qingdao Pan Kai Import & Export Co Ltd

 

Fruit & vegetable residue screen - Procymidone detected in excess of MRL

 

0.03 mg/kg

 

FSC 1.4.2

 

Risk

 

10/03/2022

 

Cooked prawn

 

Bangladesh

 

Bd Seafood Limited

 

Nitrofurans - Nitrofurazone not permitted in this food

 

0.004 mg/kg

 

FSC 1.4.2

 

Risk

 

02/05/2022

 

Infant formula

 

Germany

 

Milupa Gmbh

 

Cronobacter detected

 

Detected /100g

 

FSC 1.6.1

 

Surveillance - HO number 17797

 

02/05/2022

 

Maldive fish chips

 

Sri Lanka

 

Lakrasa Food (Pvt) Ltd.

 

Histamine detected in excess of level permitted

 

230, 240 mg/kg

 

HIS 12/2016

 

Risk

 

05/05/2022

 

Roasted peanut

 

India

 

Psk Exports

 

Aflatoxin detected in excess of level permitted

 

0.023 mg/kg

 

NUT 11/2018

 

Risk

 

05/05/2022

 

Maldive fish chips

 

Sri Lanka

 

Enrich Tea and Food Exports (Pvt) Ltd

 

Histamine detected in excess of level permitted

 

310 mg/kg

 

HIS 12/2016

 

Risk

 

09/05/2022

 

Fish pickle

 

India

 

Anchuthara Food Products (Alappuzha India)

 

Histamine detected in excess of level permitted

 

345 mg/kg

 

HIS 12/2016

 

Risk

 

09/05/2022

 

Frozen mackerel in konbu dashi

 

Japan

 

Yoshukogyo Co. Ltd.

 

Listeria monocytogenes detected

 

Detected /125g

 

FSH 07/2018

 

Risk

 

09/05/2022

 

Spinach chopped

 

China

 

Yantai Aofeng Foodstuff Co. Ltd.

 

Fruit & vegetable residue screen - Cyhalothrin not permitted in this food

 

0.14 mg/kg

 

FSC 1.4.2

 

Surveillance - HO number 17817

 

11/05/2022

 

Cooked vannamei prawns

 

Vietnam

 

Minh Phu - Hau Giang Seafood

 

Fluoroquinolones - Enrofloxacin not permitted in this food

 

0.003 mg/kg

 

FSC 1.4.2

 

Risk

 

19/05/2022

 

Frozen okra

 

India

 

Aerath Business Corporation

 

Fruit & vegetable residue screen - Acephate not permitted in this food

 

0.09 mg/kg

 

FSC 1.4.2

 

Surveillance  - HO match 14568

 

20/05/2022

 

Dried perilla leaves with plum

 

Japan

 

Mishima Shokuhin Co. Ltd.

 

Composition - Additive; ‘Monascus colour’ not permitted in this food

 

N/A

 

FSC 1.3.1

 

Surveillance - HO Number 17850

 

20/05/2022

 

Candy

 

India

 

Arhaan International

 

Composition - Additive 'Colour 50 D' not permitted in this food

 

N/A

 

FSC 1.3.1

 

Surveillance - HO Number 17851

 

20/05/2022

 

Boldo tea

 

Brazil

 

Prompt Comercio De Alimentos Ltda

 

Composition - Prohibited plant - Peumus boldus (Boldo leaves)

 

N/A

 

FSC 1.4.4

 

Risk

 

23/05/2022

 

Chilled Spanish mackerel

 

Indonesia

 

Pt Iambeu Mina Utama

 

Histamine detected in excess of level permitted

 

523 mg/kg

 

HIS 12/2016

 

Risk

 

24/05/2022

 

Giant taro -Ta'amu

 

Samoa

 

Samoa Agro Marketing

 

Composition -Prohibited plant -Alocasia macrorrhiza

 

N/A

 

FSC 1.4.4

 

Risk

 

25/05/2022

 

Dried longan

 

China

 

Hong Kong Sing Hung Food Co.

 

Fruit & vegetable residue screen - Carbendazim not permitted in this food

 

0.06 mg/kg

 

FSC 1.4.2

 

Surveillance - HO match 15899

 

26/05/2022

 

Prepared mackerel

 

Japan

 

Yoshukogyo Co. Ltd.

 

Listeria monocytogenes detected

 

Detected /125g

 

FSH 07/2018

 

Risk

 

26/05/2022

Frozen walking catfish

Thailand

Sethachon Co Ltd

Fluoroquinolones - Ciprofloxacin not permitted in this food

 

0.048 mg/kg

 

FSC 1.4.2

Surveillance - HO number 17849

Enrofloxacin not permitted in this food

 

0.078 mg/kg

 

27/05/2022

Okra

India

Aerath Business Corporation

Fruit & vegetable residue screen - Acephate not permitted in this food

 

0.23 mg/kg

 

FSC 1.4.2

Surveillance - HO match 14568

Monocrotophos not permitted in this food

 

0.05 mg/kg

 

27/05/2022

 

Squid dumpling

 

Korea Republic Of

 

Narae Foods Co Ltd

 

Composition - Vitamin C not permitted in this food

 

N/A

 

FSC 1.3.2

 

Surveillance - HO match 17385

 

30/05/2022

 

Taro

 

Taiwan

 

Everstyle Foodstuff Industrial Co Ltd

 

Composition - additive; E127, Erythrosine not permitted in this food

 

N/A

 

FSC 1.3.1

 

Surveillance - HO number 17846

 

30/05/2022

 

Peanut candy

 

Brazil

 

Prompt Comercio De Alimentos Ltda

 

Aflatoxin detected in excess of level permitted

 

0.031 mg/kg

 

NUT 11/2018

 

Risk

 

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