Failing Food Report – October 2020

Publication details

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, October 2020

This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).

Data set - Importing Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports

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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
29/9/2020	Tasty peanuts	India	Euro India Fresh Foods Pvt Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.155	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
29/9/2020	Halawa (plain)	Lebanon	Sonaco (Lebanon)	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SES 05/2014
5/10/2020	Frozen white clams	Vietnam	Viet Hung Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs JSC	E. coli	<2.3, 7.5, <2.3, 2.3, 46	MPN/g	MOL 04/2017
7/10/2020	Red chilli powder (extra hot)	India	Synthite Industries Private Limited	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
7/10/2020	Frozen mackerel fillet	China	Dalian Chengxin Seafood Co.,Ltd	Histamine	2300	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
9/10/2020	Seaweed powder (Kelp)	Japan	Harvest Co Ltd	Iodine	3630	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
9/10/2020	Spanish mackerel steaks	Indonesia	PT. Tridaya Jaya Manunggal	Histamine	371	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
9/10/2020	Sweet Peanuts	India	Multigrain Food Pvt Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.043	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
12/10/2020	Chilli powder	India	Sudjir Sheth	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
12/10/2020	Cooked Prawn Meat	Vietnam	Thanh Thuy Co., Ltd	Standard plate count	260,000, 230,000, 310,000, 190,000, 81,000	CFU/g	CRU 03/2019
15/10/2020	Kelp powder	India	Sunhae Marine	Iodine	5300	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
16/10/2020	Frozen whole white clams	Vietnam	Godaco Seafood J.S.C	E. coli	46, 24, 110, <2.3, <2.3	MPN/g	MOL 04/2017
16/10/2020	Red chilli powder	India	Synthite Industries Private Limited	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
16/10/2020	Red chilli powder	India	Synthite Industries Private Limited	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
16/10/2020	Dried shaved bonito	Japan	Kaneshichi Co Ltd	Histamine	340	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
21/10/2020	Fried and seasoned crab	Korea Republic of	Greenwell Food Co Ltd (Namdoo Food Co Ltd)	Standard plate count	330,000, 890,000, 400,000, 340,000, 440,000	CFU/g	CRU 03/2019
21/10/2020	Tapioca stick masala chips	India	Anupam Foods and Enterprises	Hydrocyanic acid	14	mg/kg	CAS 09/2019
22/10/2020	Peanut Gajjak	India	Bikanervala Foods	Aflatoxin	0.024	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
27/10/2020	Barbecue cracker nuts	Philippines	Food Industries	Aflatoxin	0.22	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
30/10/2020	Coated Peanuts	Indonesia	PT Selaras Jaya Aneka Globalindo	Aflatoxin	0.014	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018

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 further imported consignments of this food at an increased rate. 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
25/9/2020	Betel nut – mouth freshener	United Arab Emirates	Trident Exports Middle East FZE	Composition	Areca catechu (Betel nut)	Prohibited plant	n/a	FSC 1.4.4	16382
25/9/2020	Olives	Greece	I & G Higas – S Geordgiadis SNC	Composition	Additive; colour 127	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.1	16388
29/9/2020	Mixed fruit jam	India	Dorsal Expoventure Private Limited	Composition	Vitamin B3	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 15671
2/10/2020	Cream crackers	Sri Lanka	Cargills Quality Confectioneries Pvt Ltd	Composition	Vitamin K1	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16269
2/10/2020	Cheese cutz crispy & cheesy crackers	Sri Lanka	Cargills Quality Confectioneries Pvt Ltd	Composition	Vitamin K1	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16269
6/10/2020	Breakfast cereal	Portugal	A Tremoceira Estrela Da Piedade Lda	Composition	Pantothenic acid	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16397
6/10/2020	Breakfast cereal	Portugal	A Tremoceira Estrela Da Piedade Lda	Composition	Vitamin B6	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16397
7/10/2020	Pitted red dates	China	Micson Food Processing	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Cypermethrin	0.15 Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 14318
7/10/2020	Pitted red dates	China	Micson Food Processing	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Propargite	0.073 Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 14318
7/10/2020	Frozen soft shell crab	Thailand	Siamchai International Food Co Ltd (establishment 1049)	Chemical	Nitrofurazone	0.001 Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16416
7/10/2020	Frozen soft shell crab	Thailand	Siamchai International Food Co Ltd (establishment 1049)	Chemical	Nitrofurazone	0.002 Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16416
7/10/2020	Boost beverage	India	Bathra Enterprises	Composition	Niacin	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16421
					Biotin	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16421
					Pantothenic acid	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16421
					Vitamin C	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16421
					Copper	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16421
8/10/2020	Soft shell crab	Myanmar	Aung Moe Khine Manufacturing Co.,Ltd	Chemical	Nitrofurazone	0.002 Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16411
15/10/2020	Jute leaves	Philippines	Kaelen Phils Inc	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Chlorpyrifos	0.031 Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 14131
15/10/2020	Jute leaves	Philippines	Kaelen Phils Inc	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Profenofos	0.18 Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 14131
19/10/2020	Durian	Malaysia	Far East Import – Export (Serdang) SDN BHD	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Chlorpyrifos	0.046 Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16450
					Metalaxyl	0.08 Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16450
					Metalaxyl	0.079 Exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16450
					Chlorpyrifos	0.058 Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	16450
26/10/2020	White fermented bean curd with sesame oil	Taiwan	Chai Li Food Co Ltd	Bacillus cereus	Bacillus cereus	>12000,<100, 200, 100, >15000	CFU/g	Imported Food Control Act section 3(2)	16465
26/10/2020	Wheat flour - high gluten	China	Angel Yeast Co.,Ltd	Composition	Vitamin C	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16472
26/10/2020	CJ IT’s Well vermicelli	China	Sishui Lifeng Food Products (CJ Freshway Qingdao Corporation) CC2	Composition	Vitamin C	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	16473
27/10/2020	Fruit cake rusk	India	Bikanervala Foods Pvt Ltd	Composition	Additive; Erythrosine	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.1	16477
28/10/2020	Locust beans	Nigeria	Feco Foods Industries Limited	Composition	Ricinus communis (Castor bean)	Prohibited plant	n/a	FSC 1.4.4	16480

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