Failing Food Report - October 2014 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 6 monthly Imported Food Inspection Data reports. Risk food tests (targeted monitoring of food for compliance to safety standards) The Department of Agriculture targets and monitors food determined to pose a high or medium risk to public health. Risk food is targeted at 100 per cent until a history of food safety compliance is established. The following table details where results were detected in excess of food safety limits. The 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 tests Date of fail Product description 13/10/2014 16/10/2014 Bleu de Brebis Cire cheese Novella with hot pepper cheese Roucoulons cheese Producer name Organism Result/s Units Standard E. coli 10, 1300, 1900, 50, 650 cfu/g CHE 05/2014 E. coli <10, 400, <10, 45, <10 MPN/g CHE 05/2014 France Mont Royal Tradition (31 390 055) Gennaro Auricchio (IT 03 180 CE) Fromagerie Milleret E. coli <10, <10, 320, <10, 20 cfu/g CHE 05/2014 13/10/2014 Tahini Lebanon Zahrat Al Janoub Co Salmonella Detected. /125g SES 05/2014 22/10/2014 Feta cheese Greece Delfi SA E. coli <3, <3, 140est, <3, 10est cfu/g CHE 05/2014 27/10/2014 Roucoulons cheese France Fromagerie Milleret E. coli 90, 10, <10, 190, <10 cfu/g CHE 05/2014 28/10/2014 Queso Traditional Garrotxa cheese Spain Formatgeria Mogent. S.A. E. coli <10, <10, 1100, 21, <10 cfu/g CHE 05/2014 9/10/2014 Country of origin France Italy FSC = Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code T +61 2 6272 3933 F +61 2 6272 5161 18 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra City ACT 2601 GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 agriculture.gov.au ABN 24 113 085 695 Date of fail Product description 28/10/2014 Cooked prawns Country of origin Vietnam Producer name Organism Result/s Units Standard Standard Plate Count Listeria monocytogenes Salmonella 51000, 100000, 130000, 330000, 170000 ND, ND, ND, D<100, D<100 cfu/g CRU 05/2014 /25g FSH 05/2014 India Trang Khanh Seafood Co Ltd (DL 343) Seafood Farmers of Norway AS Sagar International 28/10/2014 Smoked salmon Norway 29/10/2014 Chilli powder Detected. /125g SPI 05/2014 24/10/2014 Sesame seeds India Aatish Industries Salmonella Detected. /125g SES 05/2014 Producer name Analyte Result/s Units Standard Grandmas Food Products Aflatoxin Aflatoxin Aflatoxin mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg NUT 05/2014 Flavours of Kerala Food Blessing (1988) Co Ltd (Bangkok Thailand) Tai Yin Hing 0.14 0.029 0.12 0.037 Inorganic arsenic 50 mg/kg HJS 05/2014 Chemical / Contaminant / Toxin test results Date of fail Product description Country of origin 3/10/2014 Peanut ball and India peanut candy 13/10/2014 Peanut masala India 21/10/2014 Peanut sauce Thailand 23/10/2014 Seaweed (Sargassum fusiforne) China FSC = Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code T +61 2 6272 3933 F +61 2 6272 5161 18 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra City ACT 2601 GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 agriculture.gov.au ABN 24 113 085 695 NUT 05/2014 NUT 05/2014 Random monitoring of food for compliance The department operates a five per cent random surveillance program 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 non-compliant 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 foods webpage. Date of fail Product description Country of origin Philippines Producer name 2/10/2014 Flavoured corn snacks 20/10/2014 Lycium berries China 20/10/2014 Pandan leaf Thailand 24/10/2014 Soft drink United States A&I International Trading Limited New Lamthong Foods Industries Co Ltd Pepsico Inc 8/10/2014 Instant noodles Vietnam Masan Food Join Stock Co. 23/10/2014 Squid salad Japan Yajirushi Corporation, Ibaraki. 30/10/2014 Green tea Japan Japan Sangaria Beverage Co Ltd (Japan) Universal Robina Corp Organism or Analyte Composition (identified through labelling) Chlorpyrifos Result/s Units 0.13 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 Chlorpyrifos 0.026 mg/kg FSC 1.4.2 Composition (identified through labelling) Composition (identified through labelling) Composition (identified through labelling) Composition (identified through labelling) Additive 'Caffeine' not permitted in this food. FSC 1.3.1 Additives 'E364ii' not permitted in this food. FSC 1.3.1 Prohibited plant – Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken) FSC 1.4.4 Vitamin C not permitted in this food. FSC 1.3.2 Additive 'Ferrous sulfate' not permitted in this food. FSC = Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code T +61 2 6272 3933 F +61 2 6272 5161 18 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra City ACT 2601 GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 agriculture.gov.au ABN 24 113 085 695 Standard FSC 1.3.1