Publication details
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, July 2020
This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/07/2020 | Cooked crawfish tail | China | Guolian Yiyang Food Co Ltd | Listeria monocytogenes | Detected | /125g | CRU 03/2019 |
| 8/07/2020 | Cooked crawfish tail | China | Guolian Yiyang Food Co Ltd | Standard plate count | 400 000, 260 000, 290 000, 290 000, 400 000 | cfu/g | CRU 03/2019 |
| 8/07/2020 | Sheep milk cured cheese | Portugal | Lacticinios Do Paiva Sa | Listeria monocytogenes | Detected | /125g | CHE 07/2018 |
| 10/07/2020 | Salted anchovies | Philippines | P.O.P Export Trading | Histamine | 350 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 15/07/2020 | Keeramin (dried fish) | Sri Lanka | St Anne’s Enterprises (Sri Lanka) | Histamine | 470 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 16/7/2020 | Roasted bhujia (roasted peanuts) | India | Jay Keshav Exports Pty Ltd | Aflatoxin | 0.052 | mg/kg | NUT 11/2018 |
| 17/07/2020 | Smoked salmon | Poland | BG Production Sp Zoo | Listeria monocytogenes | Detected | /125g | FSH 07/2018 |
| 17/7/2020 | Tapioca chips | India | Nilamel Exports | Hydrocyanic acid | 22 | mg/kg | CAS 09/2016 |
| 17/7/2020 | Tapioca chips | India | Nilamel Exports | Hydrocyanic acid | 16 | mg/kg | CAS 09/2016 |
| 15/7/2020 | Frozen mussel meat | Chile | Blue Shell S.A | E. coli | <2, 33, 5, <2, <2 | MPN/g | MOL 04/2017 |
| 22/7/2020 | Keeramin (dried fish) | Sri Lanka | St Anne’s Enterprises (Sri Lanka) | Histamine | 360 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 22/7/2020 | Frozen salted mackerel | Thailand | Tanaya International Co Ltd | Histamine | 440 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 30/7/2020 | Peanut butter | China | Shandong Runzhengfen Food Co.Ltd | Aflatoxin | 0.021 | mg/kg | NUT 11/2018 |
| 30/7/2020 | Kashmiri chilli powder | India | Synthite Industries Ltd | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SPI 06/2019 |
| 30/7/2020 | Tapioca chips | India | Bakemill Foods Intl | Hydrocyanic Acid | 15 | mg/kg | CAS 09/2016 |
| 30/7/2020 | Tapioca chips | India | Bakemill Foods Intl | Hydrocyanic Acid | 21 | mg/kg | CAS 09/2016 |
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 future consignments of this food at an increased rate of testing. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/7/2020 | Door dal (peas) | India | Batra Enterprises | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Chlorpyrifos | 0.013 Exceeds permitted MRL | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 16117 |
| 1/7/2020 | Moong dhuli (lentils) | India | Batra Enterprises | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Chlorpyrifos | 0.121 Exceeds permitted MRL | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 16116 |
| 1/7/2020 | Frozen vegetable tindora | India | Parayil Food Products | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Acephate | 0.174 Not permitted in this food | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 16084 |
| 1/7/2020 | Frozen vegetable tindora | India | Parayil Food Products | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Monocrotophos | 0.21 Not permitted in this food | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 16084 |
| 2/7/2020 | Betel nut | India | Jay Keshav Exports Pvt Ltd | Composition | Areca catechu (Betel nut) | Prohibited plant | n/a | FSC 1.4.4 | 16079 |
| 6/7/2020 | Cocoa powder | Japan | Ajigen Co.Ltd | Composition | Calcium, Calcium Carbonate, Ferric Pyrophosphate, Niacin, Vitamin B1, A, B2, D | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.2 | 16078 |
| 6/7/2020 | Cocoa powder | Japan | Morinaga Co Ltd (Japan) | Composition | Calcium, Calcium Carbonate, Ferric Pyrophosphate, Niacin, Vitamin B1, A, B2, D | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.2 | 16120 |
| 8/7/2020 | Gluten free corn flakes | Italy | Dr Schar Ag/Spa | Composition | Pantothenic Acid, Biotin and Vitamin B12 | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.2 | 16081 |
| 8/7/2020 | Roasted split betel nut | Thailand | Mae Khem.,Ltd | Composition | Areca catechu (Betel nut) | Prohibited plant | n/a | FSC 1.4.4 | 16083 |
| 8/7/2020 | Pickled plum (Shiso Zuke Ume) | Japan | Nagayama Foods Factory Co Ltd | Composition | Vitamin B1 | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.2 | HO match 15828 |
| 9/7/2020 | Blackberry juice concentrate organic | Germany | Dohler Neuenkirche N Gmbh | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Paclobutrazol | 0.017 Exceeds permitted MRL | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 16088 |
| 10/7/2020 | Blackeye beans | United States of America | Kirsten Company Llc | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Chlorpyrifos | 0.12 Exceeds permitted MRL | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | HO match 15688 |
| 10/7/2020 | Coconut candy | China | Baoding City Jiakang Food Co., Ltd | Composition | Vitamin C | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.2 | 16089 |
| 10/7/2020 | Canned yellow peach | China | Baoding City Jiakang Food Co., Ltd | Composition | Vitamin C | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.2 | 16092 |
| 10/7/2020 | Canned coconut | China | Baoding City Jiakang Food Co., Ltd | Composition | Vitamin C | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.2 | 16092 |
| 10/7/2020 | Calorie bar | Korea Republic of | Haitai Pacific Corp | Composition | Vitamin C & B5 (Pantothenic acid) | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.2 | 16094 |
| 13/7/2020 | Betel nut | Papua New Guinea | Magdaline Maino | Composition | Areca catechu (Betel nut) | Prohibited plant | n/a | FSC 1.4.4 | HO match 15927 |
| 17/7/2020 | Candy | Taiwan | Gelking Laboratories Inc | Composition | Food colour additive 165 | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.1 | 16124 |
| 21/7/2020 | Formulated supplementary sports drink | United States of America | Simpson Laboratories | Composition | Methylliberine – Unapproved Novel Food | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.5.1 | 16135 |
| 23/7/2020 | Fermented bean curd | China | Guiyang Nanming Laoganma Special Flavour Foodstuffs Co Ltd | Bacillus cereus | Bacillus cereus | 6200, 5900, 5700, >15000, >15000 | cfu/g | Imported Food Control Act section 3(2) | 16138 |
| 24/7/2020 | Herb, mint | Belgium | Dujardin Foods | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Cyhalothrin | 0.02 Not permitted in this food | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 16149 |
* Risk food product that failed because of product composition. Does not require a holding order.