Australian recall statistics from 2011 to 2020
Food Standards Australia new Zealand have just released the updated statistics for the 10 years from 2011 to 2020. The full breakdown can be found at https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/industry/foodrecalls/recallstats/Pages/default.aspx
The following are just some of the statistics now available;
There were 109 food recalls in 2020, which means that the 10 year average has increased to 76 per year.
Between 2011 and 2020 there were 655 consumer level recalls, which is 86 percent of the total for that 10 year period.
In 2020 there were;
- 51 undeclared allergens recalls
- 27 microbial contamination recalls
- 11 foreign matter recalls
- 10 other types of recalls
- 6 chemical contamination recalls
- 2 labelling related recalls
Between 2011 and 2020 there were 321 allergen related recalls, which was 42 percent of the total for that 10 year period.
Of those allergen recalls, milk was the dominant food allergen involved with 93 recalls. The dominant food involved in these allergen recalls were mixed / processed foods with 100 recalls in that 10 year period, more than twice the next food, confectionery.