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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, April 2019
This report details food that was found to fail under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme during the month. For full data on activity and compliance under the Scheme refer to the six monthly Imported Food Inspection Data reports.
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Risk/Advisory food tests (targeted monitoring of food for compliance to safety standards)
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) targets and monitors food determined to pose a high or medium risk to public health. Risk food is targeted at the rate of 100 per cent until a history of food safety compliance is established. When an emerging human health and safety hazard is identified in food, the department may temporarily increase monitoring and testing. This is referred to as advisory food.
The following table details where noncompliant food was detected. Advisory food is marked with an asterisk in the table.
The noncompliant food was not distributed for sale in Australia. It was destroyed by the importer or re-exported to the country of origin under department supervision. Future consignments continue to be targeted at 100 per cent until a history of compliance is established. More information on risk food and the tests applied under the IFIS can be found on the Tests applied to risk food webpages.
Microbiological / Allergen tests
| Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Organism or analyte | Result/s | Units | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/04/2019 | Cooked blue swimmer crab meat | Indonesia | Phillips Seafood (Indonesia) | Standard Plate Count | 670 000, 1 000 000, 73 000, 2 600 000, 33 000 | cfu/g | CRU 03/2019 |
| 11/04/2019 | Kashmiri chilli powder | India | Brahmins Food India Pvt Ltd (India) | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SPI 07/2018 |
| 18/04/2019 | Tahini sesame seed paste | Turkey | Celikler Gida San Tric Ltd Sti | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SES 05/2014 |
| 24/04/2019 | Plain halva | Egypt | Dolby Trade | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SES 05/2014 |
| 29/04/2019 | Montasio cheese | Italy | Berneri Spa | Listeria monocytogenes | Detected | /125g | CHE 07/2018 |
| 18/04/2019 | Frozen hard clams | Indonesia | Pt. Karya Agung Lestari Jaya | E. coli | 9.3, 46, 2.3, 4.3, 2.3 | MPN/g | MOL 04/2017 |
| 9/04/2019 | Gorgonzola cheese | Italy | Ciresa Snc (Italy) I-03/165/Cee (Lecco) | Listeria monocytogenes | Detected | /125g | CHE 07/2018 |
Chemical/Contaminant/Toxin test results
| Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Organism or analyte | Result/s | Units | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/04/2019 | Dried seaweed slices | China | Luo Yuan Jia Zhi Wei Food Co Ltd | Iodine | 4060 | mg/kg | BSW 12/2016 |
| 11/04/2019 | Dried fish | Sri Lanka | Enrich Tea And Food Exports (Pvt) Ltd | Histamine | 1000 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 11/04/2019 | Dried fish | Sri Lanka | Enrich Tea And Food Exports (Pvt) Ltd | Histamine | 2900 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 16/04/2019 | Kelp | Taiwan | Grand Spark Enterprise Co Ltd | Iodine | 3800 | mg/kg | BSW 12/2016 |
| 12/04/2019 | Chilled tuna loin | Indonesia | Pt Iambeu Mina Utama | Histamine | 357 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
Random monitoring of food for compliance
The department operates a five per cent random surveillance scheme to monitor a range of food imported into Australia for compliance to some standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. These tests are applied as part of a rolling program of surveillance on the Australian food supply.
The following table details where results were found to be noncompliant with food standards. Future consignments of this food are subject to an increased rate of testing until a history of compliance is achieved.
More information on surveillance food and the tests applied can be found on the Tests applied to surveillance food webpage.
| Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Test applied | Reason for fail | Result/s | Units | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/04/2019 | Worcestershire sauce | South Africa | Heinz Foods South Africa | Composition | Irradiated garlic and onions | Not a permitted treatment for this food | FSC 1.5.3 | |
| 10/04/2019 | Dried plums | China | Shantou Lifa Trading Co., Ltd. | Composition | Additive amaranth (123) | Not permitted in this food | FSC 1.3.1 | |
| 8/04/2019 | Dates | United States | Desert Valleys Dates Inc. | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Hexythiazox | 0.87 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 10/04/2019 | Fresh baby corn | Thailand | Siam Fresh Enterprise Co Ltd | E. coli - Fresh vegetables: baby corn, sweet/sugar snap peas, chillies | E. coli | 190, 140, 50, <3, <3 | mg/kg | Imported Food Control Act section 3(2)(ii) |
| 10/04/2019 | Frozen spinach | India | Innovative Cuisine | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Chlorpyrifos | 0.28 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 15/04/2019 | Indian flat beans | India | Adf Foods (India) | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Chlorpyrifos | 0.04 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 11/04/2019 | Formulated supplementary food | Sri Lanka | Nestle Sri-Lanka Ltd (Sri Lanka) | Composition | Vitamin B8 | Not permitted in this food | FSC 1.3.2 | |
| 16/04/2019 | Indian flat beans | India | Innovative Cuisine | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Cypermethrin Fenvalerate | 0.14 0.58 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 4/04/2019 | Formulated supplementary sports food | United States | Macrocap Labs Inc. | Composition | Eria jarensis | - Unapproved novel food | FSC 1.5.1 | |
| Kigelia africana | - Considered to pose a risk to human health | Imported Food Control Act 1992 Section 3(2)(a)(vii) | ||||||
| 11/04/2019 | Betel nut | India | Minaxi Multi Product (India) Pvt. Ltd | Composition | Areca catechu (Betel nut) | Prohibited plant | FSC 1.4.4 | |
| 15/04/2019 | Bean curd with rice sauce | Taiwan | Xin Peng Lai Foods | Bacillus cereus - tofu, soy bean curd, soy milk curd | Bacillus cereus | 4300, 1200, 4000, 5200, 1900 | cfu/g | Imported Food Control Act section 3(2)(ii) |
| 15/04/2019 | Preserved sweet bean curd | Taiwan | Xin Peng Lai Foods | Bacillus cereus - tofu, soy bean curd, soy milk curd | Bacillus cereus | 1600, 3400, 3200, 5200, 1900 | cfu/g | Imported Food Control Act section 3(2)(ii) |
| 11/04/2019 | Dried red dates | China | Yicheng Dashanhe Modern Agriculture Co Ltd | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Tebuconazole | 0.17 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 8/04/2019 | Indian flat beans | India | Innovative Cuisine | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Cyhalothrin Cypermethrin | 0.26 0.26 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |