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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, November 2017
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. Where a product is found to be noncompliant because the label does not have the mandatory allergen declaration, the product must be destroyed, re-exported or re-labelled to include the mandatory declaration. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/11/2017 | Cooked and peeled shrimp | Thailand | Kongphop Frozen Foods Co Ltd (Establishment 1201) | Standard plate count | 100000, 80000, 82000, ~300000, 200000 | cfu/g | CRU 05/2014 |
| 7/11/2017 | Crushed black pepper | Sri Lanka | Kings Foods Pvt Ltd (Sri Lanka) | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SPI 05/2014 |
| 6/11/2017 | Cooked tiger prawns | Vietnam | Quoc Viet Seaproducts | Vibrio cholera | Detected | /125g | CRU 05/2014 |
| 6/11/2017 | Cooked whole prawns | Malaysia | Ql Marine Products Sdn Bhd | Standard plate count | ~400, ~500, ~200, ~11000000, 5700 | cfu/g | CRU 05/2014 |
| 8/11/2017 | Cooked crab claw meat | Vietnam | Asia Food Stuffs Import Export Co.,Ltd. | Standard plate count
Coagulase-positive staphylococci |
4900000, <1000, 3700000, 3700000, 4900000
940, <10, 460, 950, 200 |
cfu/g | CRU 05/2014 |
| 13/11/2017 | Dried coconut flesh | Indonesia | Ud Galang | Salmonella | Detected | /250g | DC 05/2014 |
| 15/11/2017 | Cooked king crab clusters | Chile | Sociedad Vasquez Y Sanchez Ltda | Standard plate count | 7700, 5300, >3000000, 4500, 23000 | cfu/g | CRU 05/2014 |
| 16/11/2017 | Halva with cocoa | Turkey | Celikler Gida San Tric Ltd Sti | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SES 05/2014 |
| 14/11/2017 | Cooked prawn cutlets | Malaysia | Jeen Huat Food Stuffs Industries Sdm Bhd (Malaysia) | Standard plate count | 230000, 370000, 390000, 150000, 220000 | cfu/g | CRU 05/2014 |
| 20/11/2017 | Cooked prawn platters | Vietnam | Quocviet Seaproducts Processing Trading Co Ltd (Vietnam) | Vibrio cholera | Detected | /125g | CRU 05/2014 |
| 20/11/2017 | Crab meat | Vietnam | Tan Thanh Loi Frozen Food Co Ltd | Standard plate count | 380000, 110000, 200000, 55000, 340000 | cfu/g | CRU 05/2014 |
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20/11/2017 |
Kashmiri chilli powder | India | Kottackal Agro Foods | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SPI 05/2014 |
| 14/11/2017 | Sesame white | India | Galaximperts | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SES 05/2014 |
| 29/11/2017 | Carpet shell clams | Portugal | Antonio Ramos & Costa S.A. | E. coli | <2.3, <2.3, <2.3, <2.3, 24 | MPN/g | MOL 04/2017 |
| 30/11/2017 | Cooked black tiger shrimp | Malaysia | Sb Marine Products Sdn Bhd | Standard plate count | 1000000, 30000, 44000, 280000, 270000 | cfu/g | CRU 05/2014 |
Chemical / Contaminant / Toxin test results
| Date of fail | Product description | Country of origin | Producer name | Organism or Allergen | Result/s | Units | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/11/2017 | Salted anchovies | Philippines | Kaelen Phils Inc | Histamine | 220 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 9/11/2017 | Dried anchovies | India | Saad N Faraj International | Histamine | 380 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 13/11/2017 | Dried bonito fish | Sri Lanka | Thineera Traders | Histamine | 2900 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 13/11/2017 | Dried sprats | Sri Lanka | Thineera Traders | Histamine | 610 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 28/11/2017 | Yellowfin tuna loin | Sri Lanka | Ceylon Fresh Seafood(Pvt)Ltd | Histamine | 600 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 30/11/2017 | Yellowfin tuna | Maldives | Cmf Fish Processing Factory | Histamine | 1500 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 30/11/2017 | Yellowfin tuna | Maldives | Cmf Fish Processing Factory | Histamine | 1700 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 22/11/2017 | Keerimeen dry fish | Sri Lanka | Jk Agro Spice Packers | Histamine | 210 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
| 22/11/2017 | Maldive fish chips | Sri Lanka | Jk Agro Spice Packers | Histamine | 490 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/11/2017 | Yellow croaker fish | China | Zhejiang Evernew Seafood Co Ltd | Ciprofloxacin Enrofloxacin |
0.0091 0.0082 |
mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 7/11/2017 | Frozen soft shell crab | Myanmar | Crabs World Industries Co | Nitroflurans | 0.0033 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 9/11/2017 | Canned pickled plums | Japan | Zhangpu Chang Sheng Nong Chan Co Ltd | Lead | 0.11 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.1 |
| 6/11/2017 | Formulated sports supplement | United States | Sevenpoint2 LLC | Composition | Formulated supplementary foods must contain in a serving no less then 550kj | FSC 2.9.3-5 | |
| 14/11/2017 | Fresh barramundi fillets | Indonesia | Pt Intimas Surya | Malachite green | 0.019 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 16/11/2017 | Baby okra | India | Global Gourmet Pvt Ltd | Acephate | 0.03 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 10/11/2017 | Asiago DOP cheese | Italy | Battistella Formaggi | E. coli | <0.30, 46, 15, <0.30, 15 | MPN/g | FSC 1.6.1 Schedule 27 |
| 13/11/2017 | Fermented bean curd | China | Kaiping Guanghe Fermented Bean Curd Ltd | Bacillus cereus | 2200, 5300, 2000, 3300, 2800 | cfu/g | Imported Food Control Act section 3(2) |
| 23/11/2017 | Asiago pressato DOP | Italy | Battistella Formaggi | E. coli | 4.3, >110, >110, 46, 9.3 | MPN/g | FSC 1.6.1 |
| 22/11/2017 | Basa cutlet | Vietnam | Agifish Co | Enrofloxacin | 0.0066 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 |
| 28/11/2017 | Betel nut | India | Pankaj Exports (India) | Betel nut | Prohibited plant | FSC 1.4.4 | |
| 29/11/2017 | Frozen taro bun | Taiwan | Kang Chiao Foods Co., Ltd | Erythrosine 127 | Not permitted in this food | FSC 1.3.1 |