Failing Food Report – October 2018

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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, October 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 analyte	Result/s	Units	Standard
4/10/2018	Gorgonzola cheese	Italy	Gennaro Auricchio (It 03 194 Ce)	Listeria monocytogenes	Detected	/125g	CHE 07/2018
8/10/2018	Chilli powder	India	Nishant Export (India)	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 07/2018
8/10/2018	Gorgonzola cheese	Italy	Ciresa Snc (Italy) I-03/165/Cee (Lecco)	Listeria monocytogenes	Detected	/125g	CHE 07/2018
15/10/2018	Chilli powder	India	Brahmins Food India Pvt Ltd (India)	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 07/2018
17/10/2018	Chilli powder	India	Brahmins Food India Pvt Ltd (India)	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 07/2018
15/10/2018	Frozen cooked prawns	Vietnam	Camau Seafood Processing & Service Joint Stock Corporation (Cases) Kien (Dl51)	Vibrio cholerae	Detected	/125g	CRU 05/2014
26/10/2018	Tahini	Egypt	El-Raee Company	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SES 05/2014
23/10/2018	Cooked crab claw	Indonesia	Rainbow-Osg Foods Co Ltd	Standard plate count	~200, 5300000, <100, ~400, ~200	cfu/g	CRU 05/2014
23/10/2018	Chilli powder	India	Brahmins Food India Pvt Ltd (India)	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 07/2018

Chemical/Contaminant/Toxin test results

Date of fail	Product description	Country of origin	Producer name	Organism or analyte	Result/s	Units	Standard
1/10/2018	Peanuts	Philippines	Gfi Enterprises Inc (Philippines)	Aflatoxin	0.025	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
5/10/2018	Garlic flavour peanuts	Philippines	Gfi Enterprises Inc (Philippines)	Aflatoxin	0.032	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
8/10/2018	Pistachio nut kernels	China	Sun Wing Nuts & Food Co. Ltd.	Aflatoxin	0.17	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
11/10/2018	Dried keermin fish	Sri Lanka	D & R Exports Pvt Ltd	Histamine	650	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
31/10/2018	Dried sprats anchovies	Vietnam	Southeast Asia Aquatic Product Import & Export Co Ltd	Histamine	210	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
31/10/2018	Chocolate with peanuts	Philippines	Annies Sweet Manufacturing & Packaging Corporation	Aflatoxin	0.13	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
4/10/2018	Blackberry pulp	Colombia	Frutisima	Carbendazim	0.28	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
5/10/2018	Green chillies	India	Innovative Cuisine	Cyhalothrin Propiconazole	0.175 0.352	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
15/10/2018	Cherry tomatoes	China	Gieni Industry (Hk) Co., Limited	Procymidone	0.03	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
9/10/2018	Salad dressing	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated garlic, onion and chillies	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Chutney	South Africa	Tiger Food Brands Ltd (Incorporating Tiger Consumer Brands Limited)	Irradiated chillies	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Chutney	South Africa	Tiger Food Brands Ltd (Incorporating Tiger Consumer Brands Limited)	Irradiated onion	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated maize flour and chillies	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated chillies	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated chillies	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Sauce	South Africa	Jimmy Sauces	Irradiated garlic and onion	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated maize flour	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated maize flour	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated chillies	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated maize flour	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated chillies	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever	Irradiated chillies	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3
9/10/2018	Cereal	South Africa	Nestle (South Africa)	Vitamin B12 Vitamin B5	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.2
9/10/2018	Cereal	South Africa	Future Life	Chromium Potassium iodide Selenium Vitamin B5 Vitamin B7 Vitamin B12 Vitamin K	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.1 FSC 1.3.2
9/10/2018	Chocolate	South Africa	Future Life	Chromium Potassium iodide Selenium Vitamin B5 Vitamin B7 Vitamin B12 Vitamin K	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.1 FSC 1.3.2
9/10/2018	Instant porridge	South Africa	Bokomo Foods Division Of Pioneer Foods Pty Ltd	Tricalcium Phosphate Potassium iodide Sodium selenite Vitamin B5 Vitamin B7 Vitamin B12 Vitamin K	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.1 FSC 1.3.2
17/10/2018	Dried red dates	China	Xinzheng Xinxing Dates Co Ltd	Difenoconazole	0.06	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
16/10/2018	Maize meal	Namibia	Namib Mills Pty Ltd	Vitamin A	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.2
22/10/2018	Fresh baby corn	Thailand	Swift Co Ltd	E. coli	9, <3, <3, <3, 150	MPN/g	Imported Food Control Act 3(2)
31/10/2018	Frozen tilapia	Taiwan	Gallant Ocean International Inc (7f30013)	Flumequine Oxolinic acid	0.052 0.054	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
10/10/2018	Seasoning	South Africa	Unilever Bestfoods Robertsons (South Africa)	Irradiated chillies, wheat flour, garlic	Irradiated - not a permitted treatment for this food		FSC 1.5.3