Failing Food Report – July 2018

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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, July 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
16/07/2018 Frozen cooked salted crab Vietnam Saka Saka Company Limited Standard plate count 320000, 22000, 230000, 190000, 110000 cfu/g CRU 05/2014
31/07/2018 Ground capsicum powder Japan Nishant Export (India) Salmonella Detected /125g SPI 05/2014
31/07/2018 Frozen cooked red prawn cutlets Argentina Pablo Ariel S.R.L. Standard plate count 1700000, 1700000, 2200000, 380000, 1800000 cfu/g CRU 05/2014
31/07/2018 Frozen cooked red prawn cutlets Argentina Pablo Ariel S.R.L. Standard plate count 3100000, 1900000, 640000, 440000, 3000000 cfu/g CRU 05/2014
3/07/2018 Black pepper Vietnam Dong Phuong Vinafood Trading Co. Ltd (Vietnam) Salmonella Detected /125g SPI 05/2014

Chemical/Contaminant/Toxin test results

Date of fail Product description Country of origin Producer name Organism or Analyte Result/s Units Standard
16/07/2018 Dried anchovies Myanmar Myo Thein Trading Histamine 1056 mg/kg HIS 12/2016
16/07/2018 Dried anchovies Myanmar Myo Thein Trading Histamine 1279 mg/kg HIS 12/2016
16/07/2018 Dried fish with peanut Taiwan Taiwan Syun Wei Lu Food Co Ltd Aflatoxin 0.097 mg/kg NUT 10/2016
19/07/2018 Dried yellow fin tuna Sri Lanka D&R Exports Pvt Ltd Histamine 930 mg/kg HIS 12/2016
4/07/2018 Peanut snack India Haldiram Foods International Pvt Ltd Aflaxotin 0.018 mg/kg NUT 10/2016

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
2/07/2018 Frozen water mushrooms China Shanghai Xushun Foodstuff Co Ltd Paclobutrazol 0.078 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2
3/07/2018 Fresh lychees Vietnam Dt-Pro Co.,Ltd Carbendazim 0.075 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2
3/07/2018 Wheat flour Indonesia Pt Ism Bogasari Flour Mills Vitamin A
Vitamin D3		 Not permitted in this food   FSC 1.3.2
9/07/2018 Margarine Philippines San Miguel Purefoods Company Inc Niacin
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12		 Not permitted in this food   FSC 1.3.2
9/07/2018 Formulated caffeinated beverage Thailand Red Bull Additive caffeine In excess of levels permitted(contains 333mg/L) mg/kg FSC 2.6.4
16/07/2018 Betel nut India Moolchand Eatables Pvt Ltd Betel nut Prohibited plant   FSC 1.4.4
19/07/2018 Strawberries China Baoding City Just Foods Co. Ltd. Paclobutrazol 0.03 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2
20/07/2018 Fresh lychees China Zhangzhou Dexing Development Co Ltd Thiabendazole 0.032 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2
20/07/2018 Frozen blackberry pulp Colombia Frutisima Carbendazim 0.49 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2
20/07/2018 Fresh lychees China Zhangzhou Dexing Development Co Ltd Thiabendazole 0.18 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2
26/07/2018 Strawberries China Laiyang Shenzhouyiwei Foodstuff Co Ltd Procymidone 0.05 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2
26/07/2018 Mangoes Pakistan Kashan Enterprises Indoxacarb Not permitted in this food mg/kg FSC 1.4.2
26/07/2018 Spinach leaves India Vadilal Industries Limited Acephate

 

E.coli

 0.083

 

<10, <10, <10, 20, 40

 mg/kg

 

cfu/g

 FSC 1.4.2

 

Imported Food Control Act 3(2)
27/07/2018 Preserved chilli bean curd Taiwan Master Sauce Co.Ltd. (Taiwan) Bacillus cereus 200, <100, 3700, 3200, 2900 cfu/g Imported Food Control Act 3(2)
27/07/2018 Hyacinth bean India Vadilal Industries Limited Profenofos 0.176 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2
26/07/2018 Chilli snack China Yantai Xinhe Enterprise Food Co, Ltd Additive Vitamin E Not permitted in this food   FSC 1.3.2
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