Failing Food Report – June 2021

Publication details

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, June 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

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
28/4/2021	Halvah with vanilla	Turkey	Tunas Gida Paz San Tic Ltd	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SES 05/2014
28/4/2021	Halvah with pistachio	Turkey	Tunas Gida Paz San Tic Ltd	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SES 05/2014
28/4/2021	Halvah with cocoa	Turkey	Tunas Gida Paz San Tic Ltd	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SES 05/2014
4/5/2021	Dried seaweed	Japan	Tohkon Co Ltd	Iodine	3200	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
6/5/2021	Chilli powder	India	Mahashian Di Hatti Ltd	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
7/5/2021	Dried seer	Sri Lanka	Green Line Lanka Pvt Ltd	Histamine	480	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
7/5/21	Dried seer	Sri Lanka	Green Line Lanka Pvt Ltd	Histamine	330	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
15/5/2021	Dried herring	Philippines	Sharmila Corp	Histamine	410	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
26/5/2021	Chilli powder	Mexico	Meximport Food Win S De Rl	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
2/6/2021	Dried seaweed	China	Jinqiang Food Factory	Iodine	2100	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
4/6/2021	Areca catechu (Betel nut)	India	Unique Fragrances	Prohibited plant	n/a	n/a	FSC 1.4.4
4/6/2021	Kelp	China	Fuzhou Hailin Food Co Ltd	Iodine	1900	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
8/6/2021	Black pepper powder	Sri Lanka	New Lanka Cinnamon Pvt Ltd	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
8/6/2021	White pepper powder	Sri Lanka	New Lanka Cinnamon Pvt Ltd	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
8/6/2021	Black pepper whole	Sri Lanka	New Lanka Cinnamon Pvt Ltd	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
9/6/2021	Chilli powder	India	Nishant Export	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
16/6/2021	Peanut with anchovy	Malaysia	Huat Huat Kouping Sdn Bhd	Aflatoxin	0.041	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
17/6/2021	Sesame with peanut paste	China	Beijing Liubiju Food Co Ltd	Aflatoxin	0.039	mg/kg	NUT 11/2018
21/6/2021	Areca catechu (Betel nut)	India	Pramukh Food Exports Pvt Ltd	Prohibited plant	n/a	n/a	FSC 1.4.4
21/6/2021	Chilli powder	India	Miltop Exports	Salmonella	Detected	/125g	SPI 06/2019
22/6/2021	Feta cheese	Greece	D Kissas Bros OE	Listeria monocytogenes	Detected	/125g	CHE 07/2018
25/6/2021	Dried fish	Sri Lanka	Derana Marketing Services Pvt Ltd	Histamine	290	mg/kg	HIS 12/2016
28/6/2021	Dried seaweed	Korea Republic of	Jayoenwon Food Inc	Iodine	4700	mg/kg	BSW 12/2016
29/6/2021	Dried seaweed	Vietnam	Viet San Food Co	Iodine	4800	mg/kg	BSW 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 administrative 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	Cream crackers	Malaysia	Kraft Malaysia Sdn Bhd	Composition	Vitamin B12	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16563
					Vitamin A	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16563
					Iodine	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16563
12/5/2021	Drink powder	Malta	Foster & Clarke Products Ltd	Composition	Vitamin C	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	17111
18/5/2021	Pear	China	Shenzhen J.F.Li Fruit Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Cyhalothrin	Detected - not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17112
25/5/2021	Cassava chips	Indonesia	Arira Pangindo	Composition	Colour 160b	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.1	Risk food with surveillance test fail
31/5/2021	Maize & soya protein bar	Nigeria	Nestle Nigeria	Composition	Vitamin B5	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 15076
1/6/2021	Frozen red chilli	Vietnam	Nguyen Thanh Iep Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Difenoconazole	0.10 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17077
					Difenoconazole	0.10 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17077
					Metalaxyl	0.16 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17077
					Difenoconazole	0.15 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17077
1/6/2021	Frozen mixed chilli	Vietnam	Nguyen Thanh Iep Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Difenoconazole	0.14 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17077
1/6/2021	Frozen mixed chilli	Vietnam	Nguyen Thanh Iep Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Difenoconazole	0.07 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17077
1/6/2021	Frozen green chilli	Vietnam	Nguyen Thanh Iep Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Difenoconazole	0.06 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17077
1/6/2021	Frozen green chilli	Vietnam	Nguyen Thanh Iep Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Cyhalothrin	Detected - not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17077
2/6/2021	Calorie bar	Republic of Korea	Haitai Pacific Corp	Composition	Vitamin A	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16094
2/6/2021	Calorie bar	Republic of Korea	Haitai Pacific Corp	Composition	Vitamin C	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16094
4/6/2021	Goraka fruit	Sri Lanka	Jayalanka Supplier	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	2-phenylphenol	0.22 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 16775
9/6/2021	Mango	Vietnam	DT Pro Co Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Cypermethrin	0.05 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17083
18/6/2021	Raisins	India	Harihar Foods Pvt Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Carbendazim	0.95 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 14347
18/6/2021	Raisins	India	Harihar Foods Pvt Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Propargite	Not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 14347
22/6/2021	Calorie bar – cheese taste	Korea Republic of	Haitai Pacific Corp	Composition	Vitamin A	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16094
22/6/2021	Calorie bar – maple syrup taste	Korea Republic of	Haitai Pacific Corp	Composition	Vitamin A	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	HO match 16094
24/6/2021	Cereal	Japan	Calbee	Composition	Vitamin B12	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	17115
24/6/2021	Cereal	Japan	Calbee	Composition	Pantothenic acid	Not permitted in this food	n/a	FSC 1.3.2	17115
28/6/2021	Raisin sultana	India	Patidar Exports Pvt Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Carbendazim	1.19 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 16944
28/6/2021	Raisin sultana	India	Patidar Exports Pvt Ltd	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Carbendazim	1.28 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	HO match 16944
28/6/2021	Betel leaves	India	Malar Exports	Fruit and vegetable residue screen	Carbendazim	Detected - not permitted in this food	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17116
					Chlorpyrifos	0.18 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17116
					Difenoconazole	0.05 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17116
					Metalaxyl	0.49 - exceeds permitted MRL	mg/kg	FSC 1.4.2	17116

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