Publication details
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, January 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/01/2020 | Frozen cooked black tiger prawns | Vietnam | Trong Nhan Seafood Company | Vibrio alginolyticus | Detected | /125g | Section3, (2)(i) of the Imported Food Control Act 1992 |
| 09/01/2020 | Cooked pasted crab | Vietnam | Hai Chau Aquatic Product Company Limited | Standard plate count | 100 000, 150 000, 73 000, 77 000, 290 0000 |
cfu/g | CRU 03/2019 |
| 21/01/2020 | Black pepper | Iran | Golha Food Industries | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SPI 06/2019 |
| 21/01/2020 | Gorgonzola dolce intero DOP cheese | Italy | La Casearia Carpenedo | Listeria monocytogenes | Detected | /125g | CHE 07/2018 |
| 28/01/2020 | Crushed chilli | Myanmar | H-Htet Company Limited | Salmonella | Detected | /125g | SPI 06/2019 |
| 30/01/2020 | Frozen cooked and peeled vannamei shrimp | Vietnam | Ocean Shine Food Ltd Co (Osc) | Standard plate count | 59 000, 33 000, 16 000, 210 000, 1 100 000 | cfu/g | CRU 03/2019 |
| 07/01/2020 | Peanut cake | Malaysia | Meng Choon Food Industries Sdn Bhd | Aflatoxin | 0.057 | mg/kg | NUT 11/2018 |
| 17/01/2020 | Tapioca chips | India | Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd | Hydrocyanic acid | 20 | mg/kg | CAS 09/2016 |
| 17/01/2020 | Tapioca chips masala flavour | India | Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd | Hydrocyanic acid | 24 | mg/kg | CAS 09/2016 |
| 23/01/2020 | Tapioca chilli strips | India | Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd | Hydrocyanic acid | 11 | mg/kg | CAS 09/2016 |
| 23/01/2020 | Tapioca chips | India | Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd | Hydrocyanic acid | 21 | mg/kg | CAS 09/2016 |
| 30/01/2020 | Hot and spicy cracker nuts | Philippines | Dmc Enterprise | Aflatoxin | 0.016 | mg/kg | NUT 11/2018 |
| 30/01/2020 | Peanuts | Indonesia | Ud Galang | Aflatoxin | 0.045 | mg/kg | NUT 11/2018 |
| 30/01/2020 | Salted anchovies | Philippines | Golden Hands Mfg Corp | Histamine | 260 | mg/kg | HIS 12/2016 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/01/2020 | Toor dal | Myanmar | Ays Mfg Co Ltd | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Chlorpyrifos | 0.038 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | HO match |
| 07/01/2020 | Frozen pandan leaves | Thailand | O-Cha Food Pack Co., Ltd (Thailand) | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Fludioxonil | 0.03 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | HO match |
| 10/01/2020 | 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 |
| 15/01/2020 | Fresh betel leaves | India | Thangapandi International | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Carbendazim Metalaxyl |
0.065 0.92 |
mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 15619 |
| 17/01/2020 | Frozen basa steaks | Vietnam | Viet Nam Fish Co Ltd | Seafood antimicrobial tests | Enrofloxacin | 0.005 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 15625 |
| 17/01/2020 | Frozen hot Thai red chillies | Vietnam | Thai Thuan Binh Co. Ltd | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Chlorpyrifos Difenoconazole |
0.042 0.071 |
mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | HO match |
| 17/01/2020 | Frozen hot Thai red chillies | Vietnam | Thai Thuan Binh Co. Ltd | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Difenoconazole Propiconazole |
0.059 0.11 |
mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | HO match |
| 21/01/2020 | Chinese spinach | China | Shanghai Xushun Foodstuff Co Ltd | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Paclobutrazol | 0.02 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 15627 |
| 21/01/2020 | Frozen soft shell crab | Myanmar | Gallant Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. | Seafood antimicrobial tests | Nitrofurazone | 0.002 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 15631 |
| 21/01/2020 | Frozen soft shell crab | Myanmar | Gallant Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. | Seafood antimicrobial tests | Nitrofurazone | 0.003 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 15631 |
| 21/01/2020 | Frozen soft shell crab | Myanmar | Gallant Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. | Seafood antimicrobial tests | Nitrofurazone | 0.003 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 15631 |
| 28/01/2020 | Preserved plums | China | Kai Fat Foods Company Limited | Composition | Additive Sodium benzoate (E211) | Not permitted in this food | n/a | FSC 1.3.1 | 15636 |
| 31/01/2020 | Raspberry juice concentrate | United States | Doehler Juice Solutions | Fruit and vegetable residue screen | Captan | 33.7 | mg/kg | FSC 1.4.2 | 15646 |