Failing Food Report – July 2018

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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, July 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 Allergen	Result/s	Units	Standard
16/07/2018	Frozen cooked salted crab	Vietnam	Saka Saka Company Limited	Standard plate count	320000, 22000, 230000, 190000, 110000	cfu/g	CRU 05/2014
31/07/2018	Ground capsicum powder	Japan	Nishant Export (India)	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 05/2014
31/07/2018	Frozen cooked red prawn cutlets	Argentina	Pablo Ariel S.R.L.	Standard plate count	1700000, 1700000, 2200000, 380000, 1800000	cfu/g	CRU 05/2014
31/07/2018	Frozen cooked red prawn cutlets	Argentina	Pablo Ariel S.R.L.	Standard plate count	3100000, 1900000, 640000, 440000, 3000000	cfu/g	CRU 05/2014
3/07/2018	Black pepper	Vietnam	Dong Phuong Vinafood Trading Co. Ltd (Vietnam)	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 05/2014

Chemical/Contaminant/Toxin test results

Date of fail	Product description	Country of origin	Producer name	Organism or Analyte	Result/s	Units	Standard
16/07/2018	Dried anchovies	Myanmar	Myo Thein Trading	Histamine	1056	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
16/07/2018	Dried anchovies	Myanmar	Myo Thein Trading	Histamine	1279	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
16/07/2018	Dried fish with peanut	Taiwan	Taiwan Syun Wei Lu Food Co Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.097	mg/kg	NUT 10/2016
19/07/2018	Dried yellow fin tuna	Sri Lanka	D&R Exports Pvt Ltd	Histamine	930	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
4/07/2018	Peanut snack	India	Haldiram Foods International Pvt Ltd	Aflaxotin	0.018	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
2/07/2018	Frozen water mushrooms	China	Shanghai Xushun Foodstuff Co Ltd	Paclobutrazol	0.078	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
3/07/2018	Fresh lychees	Vietnam	Dt-Pro Co.,Ltd	Carbendazim	0.075	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
3/07/2018	Wheat flour	Indonesia	Pt Ism Bogasari Flour Mills	Vitamin A Vitamin D3	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.2
9/07/2018	Margarine	Philippines	San Miguel Purefoods Company Inc	Niacin Vitamin B2 Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.2
9/07/2018	Formulated caffeinated beverage	Thailand	Red Bull	Additive caffeine	In excess of levels permitted(contains 333mg/L)	mg/kg	FSC 2.6.4
16/07/2018	Betel nut	India	Moolchand Eatables Pvt Ltd	Betel nut	Prohibited plant		FSC 1.4.4
19/07/2018	Strawberries	China	Baoding City Just Foods Co. Ltd.	Paclobutrazol	0.03	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
20/07/2018	Fresh lychees	China	Zhangzhou Dexing Development Co Ltd	Thiabendazole	0.032	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
20/07/2018	Frozen blackberry pulp	Colombia	Frutisima	Carbendazim	0.49	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
20/07/2018	Fresh lychees	China	Zhangzhou Dexing Development Co Ltd	Thiabendazole	0.18	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
26/07/2018	Strawberries	China	Laiyang Shenzhouyiwei Foodstuff Co Ltd	Procymidone	0.05	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
26/07/2018	Mangoes	Pakistan	Kashan Enterprises	Indoxacarb	Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
26/07/2018	Spinach leaves	India	Vadilal Industries Limited	Acephate E.coli	0.083 <10, <10, <10, 20, 40	mg/kg cfu/g	FSC 1.4.2 Imported Food Control Act 3(2)
27/07/2018	Preserved chilli bean curd	Taiwan	Master Sauce Co.Ltd. (Taiwan)	Bacillus cereus	200, <100, 3700, 3200, 2900	cfu/g	Imported Food Control Act 3(2)
27/07/2018	Hyacinth bean	India	Vadilal Industries Limited	Profenofos	0.176	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2
26/07/2018	Chilli snack	China	Yantai Xinhe Enterprise Food Co, Ltd	Additive Vitamin E	Not permitted in this food		FSC 1.3.2

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