Failing Food Report – July 2021

Publication details

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, July 2021

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

Table 1 Risk food test results

Date of fail	Product description	Country of origin	Producer name	Reason for fail	Result/s	Units	Reference
7/5/2021	Whole black peppercorns	India	Spicesmith Exports Private Limited	Mould	N/A	N/A	Imported Food Control Act Section 3(2)
3/6/2021	Jarlsberg cheese	Ireland	Tine Ireland Ltd	Mould	N/A	N/A	Imported Food Control Act Section 3(2)
3/6/2021	Jarlsberg cheese	Ireland	Tine Ireland Ltd	Mould	N/A	N/A	Imported Food Control Act Section 3(2)
1/7/2021	Red chilli powder	India	Pramukh Food Exports Pvt Ltd	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
2/7/2021	Peanut brittle	India	Datta Ram Nand Lal	Aflatoxin	0.157	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
2/7/2021	Pistachio halva	Iran Islamic Republic of	Shirreza	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SES 05/2014
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	Strawberry sesame cream
	Banana sesame cream
9/7/2021	Peanut candy	India	Tiruvonam Popular Food Products	Aflatoxin	17	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
16/7/2021	Peanut butter	Ghana	Tayaako Enterprise	Aflatoxin	0.035	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
19/7/2021	Betel nut	India	Gajanand Foods Pvt Ltd	Prohibited plant –Betel nut	N/A	N/A	Prohibited plants and fungi
23/7/2021	Organic blanched roasted peanuts	Paraguay	Healthy Grains SA	Aflatoxin	0.15	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
26/7/2021	Peanuts	Indonesia	Pt. Ambengan Jaya Berkat Sejahtera	Aflatoxin	0.07	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
27/7/2021	Mackerel	Japan	Mizuno Sea Foods Co. Ltd	Listeria Monocytogenes	Detected	/125g	FSH 07/2018
28/7/2021	Dried Kelp	Korea Republic of	Young Il General Food	Iodine	4580	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
29/7/2021	Cheese	Ireland	Dairygold Imokilly (Mogeely Ireland)	Mould	Detected	/125g	Imported Food Control Act Section 3(2)
30/7/2021	Headless dried herring	Philippines	Umahan International Inc	Histamine	260	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016

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
11/5/2021	Jacobs original cream crackers	Malaysia	Kraft Malaysia Sdn Bhd	Composition	Vitamin B12, mineral ‘Iodine’, and Vitamin A not permitted in this food.	N/A	N/A	FSC 1.3.2	Holding order match 16563
2/6/2021	Calorie balance bar – chocolate taste	Korea Republic of	Haitai Pacific Corp	Composition	Vitamin A and Vitamin C not permitted in this food	N/A	N/A	FSC 1.3.2	Holding order match 16094
2/6/2021	Calorie balance bar – cheese taste	Korea Republic of	Haitai Pacific Corp	Composition	Vitamin A and Vitamin C not permitted in this food	N/A	N/A	FSC 1.3.2	Holding order match 16094
2/7/2021	Cutlets swamp eel	Vietnam	Hung Phong Co Ltd (DL 531)	Seafood antimicrobial test	Ciprofloxacin not permitted in this food	0.0038	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17144
2/7/2021	Cutlets swamp eel	Vietnam	Hung Phong Co Ltd (DL 531)	Seafood antimicrobial test	Enrofloxacin not permitted in this food	0.0038	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17144
2/7/2021	Frozen spinach	China	Shanghai Dongmei Import & Export Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Cyhalothrin not permitted in this food	0.011	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17147
6/7/2021	Fondant cake icing	United States	Satin Fine Foods Inc	Composition	Additive Potassium aluminium silicate (E555) not permitted in this food	N/A	N/A	FSC 1.3.1	17217
7/7/2021	Spinach	India	Vadilal Industries Limited	E. coli	Detected in excess of permitted level	4, 23, 9, <10, 150	MPN/g	Imported Food Control Act Section 3(2)	17148
8/7/2021	Red wine and garlic sprinkle	South Africa	Flippen Lekka Spice	Composition	Additive Erythrosine (E127) not permitted in this food	N/A	N/A	FSC 1.3.1	17170
12/7/2021	White fermented bean curd with sesame oil	Taiwan	Chia Li Food Co Ltd	Bacillus cereus	Detected in excess of levels permitted	400, 1700, 2500, 5900, 6700	cfu/g	FSC 1.6.1	Holding order match 16465
12/7/2021	Fresh lychee	Vietnam	Red Dragon Co., Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Cypermethrin detected in excess of MRL	0.132	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17183
15/7/2021	Energy drink	United States	Ignite International	Composition	Caffeine in excess of levels permitted	529	mg/L	FSC 2.6.4	17204
15/7/2021	Energy drink	United States	Ignite International	Composition	Caffeine in excess of levels permitted	529	mg/L	FSC 2.6.4	17204
22/7/2021	Edamame soybeans in pod	Indonesia	Pt Mitratani Dua Tujuh	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Permethrin detected in excess of MRL	0.08	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17201
22/7/2021	Soft shell crabs	Myanmar	Gallant Ocean Trading Co., Ltd	Nitrofurans	Nitrofurazone not permitted in this food	0.003	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	Holding order match 15631
22/7/2021	Sports supplements – various flavours	United States	Ans Performance	Composition	Prohibited plant – Hemerocallis fulva	N/A	N/A	FSC 1.4.4	17283
23/7/2021	Frozen sour soup creeper	Vietnam	Hai Chau Aquatic Product Company Limited	Lead	Detected in excess of level permitted	0.2	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.1	17203
23/7/2021	Fresh mangosteens	Thailand	Tropical Green Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Chlorpyrifos not permitted in this food	0.36	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17208

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