Failing Food Report – April 2018

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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, April 2018

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 Allergen	Result/s	Units	Standard
3/04/2018	White chilli powder	India	M Motilal Masalawala (India)	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 05/2014
10/04/2018	Cooked mantis shrimp	China	Jm Premium Choice Co Ltd	Standard plate count	470000, 1500000, 210000, 320000, 60000	cfu/g	CRU 05/2014
11/04/2018	Pasteurised blue swimmer crab meat	Indonesia	Phillips Seafood (Indonesia)	Standard plate count	1400000, 1000, <1000, <1000, 1000	cfu/g	CRU 05/2014
11/04/2018	Sheep cheese with truffle	Spain	La Antigua De Fuentesauco	Listeria monocytogenes	Detected	/125g	CHE 03/2017
17/04/2018	Chilli powder	India	Kottackal Agro Foods	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 05/2014
23/04/2018	Paprika powder	China	Jiangsu Yoyi Food Co	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 05/2014
23/04/2018	Cheese	Italy	Milk Srl	Listeria monocytogenes	Detected	/125g	CHE 03/2017

Chemical / Contaminant / Toxin test results

Date of fail	Product description	Country of origin	Producer name	Organism or Allergen	Result/s	Units	Standard
4/04/2018	Cassava chips masala	India	Jay Keshav Exports Pvt Ltd	Hydrocyanic Acid	11	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
4/04/2018	Cassava chips plain	India	Jay Keshav Exports Pvt Ltd	Hydrocyanic Acid	12	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
4/04/2018	Cassava chips plain	India	Jay Keshav Exports Pvt Ltd	Hydrocyanic Acid	16	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
6/04/2018	Satay sauce mix	Thailand	Globo Foods Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.007 The product contains 34% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.0051	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
12/04/2018	Peanut product	Malaysia	Lotus Home Made Cookies Sdn Bhd	Aflatoxin	0.066	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
9/03/2018	Peanut product	India	Capital Ventures Pvt Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.010 The product contains 50% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.0075	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
9/03/2018	Peanut product	India	Capital Ventures Pvt Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.010 The product contains 50% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.0075	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
18/03/2018	Peanut product	India	Capital Ventures Pvt Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.009 The product contains 58% peanut, therefore the calculated maximum level is 0.0087	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
19/04/2018	Dried seer fish	Sri Lanka	Cmb Lanka (Private) Limited	Histamine	280	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
26/04/2018	Mahi mahi fish fillets	Indonesia	Pt Iambeu Mina Utama	Histamine	270	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	Organism or Analyte	Result/s	Units	Standard
3/04/2018	Dried apricots	South Africa	Cape Dried Fruit Packers Pty Ltd	Thiabendazole	0.11	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
3/04/2018	Formulated sports supplement	United States	Coastal Horizon Llc	Caffeine	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.1
3/04/2018	Formulated sports supplement	United States	Coastal Horizon Llc	Caffeine	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.1
4/04/2018	Dried apricots	South Africa	Cape Dried Fruit Packers Pty Ltd	Thiabendazole	0.076	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
6/04/2018	Preserved fig strips	Malaysia	Ccmi Industries Sdn Bhd	Lead	1.8	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.1
11/04/2018	Cut green beans	Egypt	Givrex (Robrert Mansour & Co)	Chlorpyrifos	0.015	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
12/04/2018	Baby okra	India	Global Gourmet Pvt Ltd	Acephate Monocrotophos	0.17 0.11	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
17/04/2018	Mandarins	Egypt	El Waha For Export And Supply Agriculture Products	Cyhalothrin	0.059	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
20/04/2018	Cut guar beans	India	Innovative Cuisine	Azinphos-methyl	0.095	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
20/04/2018	Fenugreek leaves	India	Innovative Cuisine	Chlorpyrifos	0.173	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
20/04/2018	Hot green chillies	India	Innovative Cuisine	Phosmet	0.191	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
13/04/2018	Instant noodles	Thailand	Thai President Foods Public Co Limited	Vitamin A	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.2
26/04/2018	Dried raisins	India	Aarththi Exports	Carbendazim	0.83	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
26/04/2018	Frozen small mixed chilli	Vietnam	Minh Anh International Co Ltd	Acephate Chlorpyrifos Difenoconazole	0.11 0.047 0.076	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2