Failing Food Report – December 2019

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Department of Agriculture, December 2019

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

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Risk food tests

We target and monitor food that poses a high or medium risk to public health. We test 100% of risk food imports until we establish a history of compliance.

Table 1 lists noncompliant food we’ve detected.

Noncompliant 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
11/12/2019	Smoked paprika	Spain	Pimenton El Angel S.L	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
23/12/2019	Frozen cooked prawn cutlets	Vietnam	Ca Mau Seafood Processing and Service Joint Stock Corporation	Vibrio cholerae	Detected	/125g	CRU 03/2019
30/12/2019	Cooked salad prawns	China	Fijian Dongshan County Shunfa Aquatic Co. Ltd.	Coagulase-positive staphylococci	<100, <100, <100, 2700, <100	cfu/g	CRU 03/2019
4/12/2019	Peanut candy	Malaysia	Desa Southern Agency (Kl) Sdn Bhd	Aflatoxin	0.048	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
6/12/2019	Spanish mackerel	Indonesia	Pt Iambeu Mina Utama	Histamine	1459	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
6/12/2019	Yellowfin tuna	Maldives	Cmf Fish Processing Factory	Histamine	710	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
6/12/2019	Yellowfin tuna	Maldives	Cmf Fish Processing Factory	Histamine	439	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
6/12/2019	Yellowfin tuna	Maldives	Cmf Fish Processing Factory	Histamine	234	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
6/12/2019	Yellowfin tuna	Maldives	Cmf Fish Processing Factory	Histamine	485	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
6/12/2019	Yellowfin tuna	Maldives	Cmf Fish Processing Factory	Histamine	265	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
13/12/2019	Tapioca chips	India	Padmavasan Traders	Hydrocyanic acid	13	mg/kg	CAS 09/2016
20/12/2019	Handmade nyonya peanut candy	Malaysia	Hss Confectionery Foodstuff Sdn Bhd	Aflatoxin	0.007	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
20/12/2019	Handmade nyonya peanut cake	Malaysia	Hss Confectionery Foodstuff Sdn Bhd	Aflatoxin	0.089	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
24/12/2019	Organic kelp flakes	New Zealand	Ceres Enterprises Ltd	Iodine	4300	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
24/12/2019	Dried herring	Philippines	Kaelen Phils Inc	Histamine	410	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
31/12/2019	Salted mackerel fillets	Republic of Korea	Samjin Globalnet Co Ltd	Histamine	209	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
29/12/2019	Dried anchovies	Myanmar	Domestic Co Ltd	Histamine	295	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
31/12/2019	Pilchards in hot chilli sauce	South Africa	Lucky Star	Irradiated cayenne pepper	Not a permitted treatment for this food	n/a	FSC 1.5.3

Surveillance food tests

We randomly test 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 noncompliant food we’ve detected. We will test future consignments of this food at an increased rate of testing. We do this until the overseas producer reaches a history of compliance. To achieve this, we apply a holding order to the noncompliant 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
2/12/2019	Frozen magur tray (fish)	Bangladesh	Mm Foods International	Seafood antimicrobial tests	Ciprofloxacin Enrofloxacin Levofloxocin Ofloxacin Leuco Malachite-Green	0.015 0.073 0.021 0.021 0.008	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	15529
3/12/2019	Frozen green chillies	India	Arctic Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd.	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Difenoconazole	0.17	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match
5/12/2019	Wheaten flour	Taiwan	Yi-Feng Food Co. Ltd.	Composition	Vitamin C	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match
5/12/2019	Dried seedless longan	Thailand	O-Cha Food Pack Co. Ltd. (Thailand)	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Carbendazim	0.06	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match
5/12/2019	Durian monthong	Thailand	Sunshine International Co. Ltd.	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Procymidone	0.18	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	15537
3/12/2019	Dragon fruit	Vietnam	The Fruit Republic Can Tho One Member Co. Ltd.	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Carbendazim	0.19	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	15538
10/12/2019	Toor dal	India	Vignesh Super Stores	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Chlorpyrifos	0.074	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	15539
10/12/2019	Toor dal	India	Vignesh Super Stores	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Chlorpyrifos	0.13	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	15539
10/12/2019	Supari slice (betel nut slice)	India	Kitchen Xpress Overseas Limited	Composition	Areca catechu (Betel nut)	Prohibited plant	n/a	FSC 1.4.4	15544
10/12/2019	Supari sali	India	Kitchen Xpress Overseas Limited	Composition	Areca catechu (Betel nut)	Prohibited plant	n/a	FSC 1.4.4	15544
10/12/2019	Supari whole	India	Kitchen Xpress Overseas Limited	Composition	Areca catechu (Betel nut)	Prohibited plant	n/a	FSC 1.4.4	15544
16/12/2019	Margarine	Indonesia	Pt Unilever Indonesia Tbk	Composition	Niacin, vitamin B1 and B2	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match
18/12/2019	Frozen spinach	India	Global Gourmet Pvt. Ltd.	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Chlorpyrifos	0.56	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match
23/12/2019	Elderberry concentrate	Italy	Iprona Ag-Spa	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Fludioxonil Tebuconazole	0.024 0.12	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	15564
24/12/2019	Frozen surti beans whole	India	Innovative Cuisine	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Carbendazim Chlorpyrifos Fenvalerate Monocrotophos	0.05 0.02 0.56 0.07	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match
24/12/2019	Frozen red chillies without tails	Vietnam	Tan Dong Trade Production Company Limited	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Chlorpyrifos, Difenoconazole, Permethrin	0.091 0.16 0.11	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match