Failing Food Report – May 2018

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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, May 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
3/05/2018	Cooked prawns	Vietnam	Thong Thuan Cam Ranh Seafood Joint Stock Company	Standard plate count	500, 180000, 13000000, 500, 120000	cfu/g	CRU 05/2014
3/05/2018	Crab meat	Indonesia	Phillips Seafood (Indonesia)	Standard plate count	<1000, <1000, <1000, <1000, 1200000	cfu/g	CRU 05/2014
4/05/2018	Black pepper powder	Sri Lanka	Freelan Enterprises Pvt Ltd	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 05/2014
10/05/2018	Smoked hot paprika	Spain	Hijos De Salvador Lopez Sl	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 05/2014

Chemical / Contaminant / Toxin test results

Date of fail	Product description	Country of origin	Producer name	Organism or Allergen	Result/s	Units	Standard
9/05/2018	Blanched peanut kernels	China	Qingdao Xuguang Foodstuffs Co. Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.021	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
8/05/2018	Fresh mackerel	Indonesia	Pt Iambeu Mina Utama	Histamine	510	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
27/04/2018	Frozen tuna	Sri Lanka	Apollo Marine International (Pvt) Ltd	Histamine	340	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
11/05/2018	Spiced peanuts	India	Haldiram Foods International Pvt Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.012	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
17/05/2018	Tapioca chips	India	Nilamel Exports	Hydrocyanic acid	11	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
21/05/2018	Peanuts	China	Nutty Delight Industries	Aflatoxin	0.052	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
16/05/2018	Marinated anchovies	Spain	Conservas Ortiz	Histamine	390	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
31/05/2018	Cassava chips	Indonesia	Arira Pangindo (Bogor, Indonesia)	Hydrocyanic acid	23	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
31/05/2018	Dried salted mackerel	Vietnam	Saigon Aquatic Products Trading Joint Stock Company Dl769	Histamine	210	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
31/05/2018	Dried sprats	Myanmar	Max World International Co Ltd	Histamine	1100	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
1/05/2018	Red dates pitted	China	Micson Food Processing	Cypermethrin	0.05	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
2/05/2018	Fermented bean curd	China	Kaiping Guanghe Fermented Bean Curd Ltd	Bacillus cereus	1600, 7500, 7500, <100, 2500	mg/kg	Imported Food Control Act 3(2)
10/05/2018	Garlic shoots	China	Jinxiang Hongyu Freezing & Storage Co Ltd	Iprodione	0.85	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
10/05/2018	Fenugreek leaves	India	Vadilal Industries Limited	Chlorpyrifos Profenofos	0.016 0.145	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
11/05/2018	Fenugreek leaves	India	Vadilal Industries Limited	Profenofos	0.29	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
15/05/2018	Fresh enoki mushrooms	Republic of Korea	Innogreen Mushroom	Acephate	0.057	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
17/05/2018	Fresh onion flowers	China	Guangzhou Lu Ken Produce Ltd	Cyhalothrin	0.12	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
17/05/2018	Frozen small red chilli	Vietnam	Nam Hai Company Ltd	Difenoconazole	0.060	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
17/05/2018	Preserved plums	China	Guangdong Zhongshan Guzhen Lihua Farming Byproduct Factory	Lead	0.38	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.1
17/05/2018	Preserved orange peel	China	Guangdong Zhongshan Guzhen Lihua Farming Byproduct Factory	Lead	0.79	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.1
25/05/2018	Baby corn	Thailand	Siam Fresh Enterprise Co Ltd	E. coli	43, 1100, >1100, 240, 43	MPN/g	Imported Food Control Act 3(2)
25/05/2018	Betel nut sachets	Pakistan	Yousaf Enterprises	Areca catechu (betel nut)	Prohibited plant		FSC 1.4.4
23/05/2018	Tea eggs spice	Taiwan	Tomax Enterprise Co Ltd (Taiwan)	Irradiation	Not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.2.1/1.5.3
23/05/2018	Red jujube (Chinese red dates)	China	Chengdu Qilihong Food Co. Ltd.	Cyhalothrin Myclobutanil	0.06 0.41	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
29/05/2018	Frozen fish	Thailand	New Lamthong Foods Industries Co Ltd	Histamine	280	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.1
17/05/2018	Chutney	South Africa	Tiger Food Brands Ltd (Incorporating Tiger Consumer Brands Limited)	Irradiated onion	Not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.2.1/1.5.3
17/05/2018	Fermented bean curd	China	Beijing Ershang Wangzhihe Food Co Ltd	Bacillus cereus	>1800, >4500, >4500, >4500, >900	cfu/g	Imported Food Control Act 3(2)
30/05/2018	Energy drink	United Kingdom	Sos Wholesales Ltd	Caffeine	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.1