Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare


Recent Cases of Violation of the Food Sanitation Law that were Found on the Occasion of Import Notification (Flash)

(September 2007)
ITEM EXPORTING COUNTRY ARTICLE CONTENTS OF VIOLATION QUARANTIN STATION CAUSE OF VIOLATION DIPOSAL OF THE CARGO REMARKS
fresh ginger China 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (aldoxycarbsulfaxade 0.29ppm ,aldoxycarb 0.17 ppm detection) fukuoka   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) monitoring inspection
raw edible frozen fishery products: frozen shellfish(tsubugai) China 11 violation of element standard (live bacteria count 2.5×106/g) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
raw edible frozen fishery products: sushi shrimp Thailand 11 violation of element standard (coliform bacteria positive) kobe 2 sections   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) monitoring inspection
container packing filling pressurization heating sterilization food: retorted kenchin China 11 violation of element standard (microbe which can grow positive) narita airport   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo independence inspection
raw edible fishery products: frozen shellfish(akagai) Korea 11 violation of element standard (enteritis vibrio(MPN) more than 1400/g) moji(shimonoseki)   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo monitoring inspection
frozen peeled culture shrimp Viet Nam 11 violation of element standard (chloramphenicol 0.0080 ppm detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen peeled culture shrimp Viet Nam 11 violation of element standard (chloramphenicol 0.0015 ppm detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen peeled shrimp Viet Nam 11 violation of element standard (chloramphenicol 0.0016 ppm detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen peeled shrimp Viet Nam 11 violation of element standard (chloramphenicol 0.0009 ppm detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
fresh sesame Viet Nam 6 aflatoxin (mycotoxin) detected(12ppb) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen food served without heating : ginger paste China 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law
(BHC 0.04ppm detection)
yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen food served without heating : ginger paste China   detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law
(BHC 0.04ppm detection)
yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
corn United States 6 aflatoxin (mycotoxin) detected(13ppb) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen food served after heating(other than those heated immidiately before freezing):fried shrimp Viet Nam 11 violation of element standard (furazolidone (as AOZ) 0.002ppm detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
liqur(sour apple pucker) United States 10 undesignated additive(quinoline yellow detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
western-style cake(torta del sole) Italy 11 violation of standard of use (pottassium sorbic acid (sorbic acid 0.19 g/kg detection)) narita airport   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
western-style cake(torta cappuccino) Italy 11 violation of standard of use (pottassium sorbic acid (sorbic acid 0.28 g/kg detection)) narita airport   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
heated meat products (heat-pasteurized before packed in container-packages): corned beef China 11 violation of element standard (E.coli positive) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
frozen food served after heating(other than those heated immidiately before freezing):fried oyster China 6 diarrhoeal shellfish poison 0.1 mu/g detection kawasaki   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
vegetables adjustment product: tang chai Thailand 11 violation of standard of use (benzoic acid 4.1 g/kg detection) nagoya since the product for the other country inside was imported accidentally we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.05ppm detection) kobe 2 sections   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.11ppm detection) kobe 2 sections   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
heated meat products (heat-pasteurized after packed in container-packages): spam with cheese United States 10 undesignated additive(beta appointment karothenard detection) naha   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo -
health food: fruit extract powder France 11 violation of standard of use (sulfer dioxide 0.039 g/kg detection) narita airport   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
powder of the nonglutinous rice China 11 violation of element standard (safety non-examination genetic recombination rice positive) osaka   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
powder of the nonglutinous rice China 11 violation of element standard (safety non-examination genetic recombination rice positive) osaka   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
powder of the glutinous rice China 11 violation of element standard (safety non-examination genetic recombination rice positive) osaka   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
frozen peeled culture shrimp Indonesia 11 violation of element standard (furazolidone (as AOZ) 0.007ppm detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen food served without heating : green soybean China 11 violation of element standard (coliform bacteria positive) kawasaki   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo monitoring inspection
crush rice cake rice cleaning Thailand 6 accepted outbreak of mold tokyo water wet by the dew condensation in the ship we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) administration inspection
crush rice cake rice cleaning Thailand 6 accepted outbreak of mold tokyo water wet by the dew condensation in the ship we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) administration inspection
crush rice cake rice cleaning Thailand 6 accepted outbreak of mold tokyo water wet by the dew condensation in the ship we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) administration inspection
crush rice cake rice cleaning Thailand 6 accepted outbreak of mold tokyo water wet by the dew condensation in the ship we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) administration inspection
crush rice cake rice cleaning Thailand 6 accepted outbreak of mold tokyo water wet by the dew condensation in the ship we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) administration inspection
crush rice cake rice cleaning Thailand 6 accepted outbreak of mold tokyo water wet by the dew condensation in the ship we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) administration inspection
crush rice cake rice cleaning Thailand 6 accepted outbreak of mold tokyo water wet by the dew condensation in the ship we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) administration inspection
frozen food served after heating(other than those heated immidiately before freezing): halibut fillet China 11 violation of element standard (E.coli positive) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) monitoring inspection
frozen food served after heating(other than those heated immidiately before freezing):fried shrimp Indonesia 11 violation of element standard (live bacteria count 3.8×106/g) kawasaki   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.16ppm detection)
and
violation of element standard (cypermethrin 0.04ppm detection)
kobe   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.05ppm detection) kobe   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.04ppm detection) kobe   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.06ppm detection) kobe   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
powder of the nonglutinous rice China 11 violation of element standard (safety non-examination genetic recombination rice positive) osaka   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
powder of the nonglutinous rice China 11 violation of element standard (safety non-examination genetic recombination rice positive) osaka   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
powder of the yam United States 11 violation of standard of use (sulfer dioxide 0.015 g/kg detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
frozen food served without heating : yam paste China 11 violation of element standard (live bacteria count 1.2×107/g) (coliform bacteria positive) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
fishcake products: fried fish meat(satsumaage) Thailand 11 violation of element standard (coliform bacteria positive) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.04ppm detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.02ppm detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
cacao bean Ghana 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (fenvalerate 0.02ppm detection) kobe 2 sections   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
fresh almond Australia 6 aflatoxin (mycotoxin) detected(90ppb) shimizu   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen tuna meat Malta 10 undesignated additive(carbon monoxide detected 688µg/kg on the 0th day, and it was 307µg/kg  on the second day) shimizu   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
fresh lemon Chile 11 violation of standard of use (imazalil 0.0054 g/kg detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo monitoring inspection
grains adjustment product: cheese popcorn Brazil 10 undesignated additive(TBHQ  0.001g/kg detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
heated meat products (heat-pasteurized before packed in container-packages): goose meat Taiwan 10 undesignated additive(cyclamic acid 47µg/kg detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
heated meat products (heat-pasteurized before packed in container-packages): smoked chicken meat Taiwan 10 undesignated additive(cyclamic acid 57µg/kg detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
dried black fungus China 11 violation of standard of use (sulfer dioxide 9.41 g/kg detection) narita airport used coal in the case of drying we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
frozen food served after heating(other than those heated immidiately before freezing): frozen seasone sardine fillet China 11 violation of element standard (leicomalachite green 0.004 ppm detection) osaka   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
non-heating edible meat product: prosciutto United States 6 listeria detection narita airport   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo monitoring inspection
corn United States 6 aflatoxin (mycotoxin) detected(13ppb) shimizu   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen food served after heating(those heated immidiately before freezing): frozen cooked yellow fin sole mince China 11 violation of element standard (live bacteria count 5.7×106/g) (coliform bacteria positive) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
raw edible frozen fishery products: frozen salmon sliced aging Thailand 11 violation of element standard (coliform bacteria positive) tokyo 2 sections   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
non-heating edible meat product: frozen prepared duck meat Taiwan 11 production standard non-conformity(use food preserved in salt liquid including salt 14.35% in the food preserved in salt which gets together when I assume only a lump of flesh raw materials edible meat) osaka lacking in recognition in the production standard we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) -
corn United States 6 aflatoxin (mycotoxin) detected(12ppb) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen food served without heating : sushi shrimp Thailand 11 violation of element standard (coliform bacteria positive) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) monitoring inspection
soaked in syrup: melon Italy 11 violation of standard of use (sulfer dioxide 0.12 g/kg detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.02ppm detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
honey China 11 violation of element standard (chloramphenicol 0.0011 ppm detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) monitoring inspection
appliance made by phenolic resin: spatula by phenol resin United States 18 standard non-conformity according to materials(lEvaporation residual substance(4% acetic acidead) 42 µg/ml) niigata   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
fresh chrimoya Mexico 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law
(monocrotophos 0.07ppm detection)
narita airport   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo monitoring inspection
frozen food served after heating(other than those heated immidiately before freezing): shark fin Philippines 11 violation of element standard (E.coli positive) narita airport   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
container packing filling pressurization heating sterilization food: chestnut paste China 11 violation of element standard (microbe which can grow positive) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
frozen food served without heating : frozen tropical mix ball Thailand 11 violation of element standard (coliform bacteria positive) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) monitoring inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.06ppm detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
cacao bean Ecuador 11 detection over the amount unlikely to cause damage to human health that the provision of Paragraph 3 , Article 11 of the Food Sanitation Law (2,4-D 0.04ppm detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
raw edible frozen fishery products: squid Thailand 11 violation of element standard (coliform bacteria positive) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
soaked in syrup: wild acid jujube China 11 violation of standard of use (sulfer dioxide 0.18 g/kg detection) osaka   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
heated meat products (heat-pasteurized before packed in container-packages): frozen processed chicken China 11 violation of element standard (E.coli positive) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
health food: fish oil capsule China 11 violation of standard of use (esters p-hydroxybenzoate 0.082 g/kg detection) chubu airport the lack of understanding of an additive we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
oolong tea China 11 violation of element standard (triazophos 0.08 ppm detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
living shrimp China 11 violation of element standard (tetracycline 0.05 ppm detection) tokyo 2 sections   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen food served without heating : squid Thailand 11 violation of element standard (live bacteria count 4.1×105/g) kawasaki   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
Salted salmon roe United States 11 violation of element standard  (nitrous acid root 0.0057g/kg detection) tokyo   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
cacao bean Ghana 11 violation of element standard (chlorpyrifos 1.76 ppm detection) yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) ordered inspection
frozen food served after heating(those heated immidiately before freezing): frozen boiled cassava Indonesia 11
and
6
violation of element standard (coliform bacteria positive)
and
cyanide 15 ppm detection
yokohama   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
frozen food served after heating(other than those heated immidiately before freezing): fried squid China 11 violation of element standard (live bacteria count 5.9×106/g) osaka   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
health food: the ovum oil of wood frogs China 10 undesignated additive(TBHQ 4µg/g detection) kansai airport   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo(the whole quantity is kept) independence inspection
fresh perilla China 11 violation of element standard (difenoconazole 0.8 ppm detection) narita airport   we directed abandonment or return of the cargo monitoring inspection

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