The new procedures follow an investigation by SBS Radio Punjabi.
This Sydney man, who doesn't want to be identified, heard about herbal supplement Kamini while working at a chicken factory in Griffith.
A colleague told him the tablets allow people to work long hours without getting tired.
"When I went to work, I was working over there without feeling tired or anything, so I was feeling more energetic so slowly I started taking these pills."
He says it wasn't long before he was addicted.
"Slowly, slowly I was taking but getting more addicted. When I wake up in the morning, this thing was first thing in my mind."
Last year, SBS commissioned laboratory testing of the tablets, which revealed they could contain up to 5 per cent opium, a highly addictive substance.
The import of Kamini in Australia is prohibited, but an SBS investigation revealed the tablets can be purchased at a number of South Asian grocery stores across the country.
"In Sydney, I say you can find everywhere, if one shop they don't have another shop they will have. Anywhere, like any any suburb you can get (them)."
A whistle-blower told SBS the contraband had been brought in, hidden in food containers.
Crossbench Senator Nick Xenophon has criticised the government for its lax stance on food imports.
"The fact that it's found to contain traces of opioids is very concerning. Where is our biosecurity framework to make sure these sorts of tablets aren't allowed into the country?"
Border Force says importations of Kamini tablets have been detected at Australia's borders and it is being referred to the Federal Police for further investigation.
Last year's investigation also revealed dangerous and banned foods were being imported from India, and sold in Australian supermarkets.
Senator Xenophon says it reveals flaws in our approach to biosecurity.
"What this is showing is a systemic problem when it it comes to food imports, that we have lax standards, we don't have rigorous quality assurance. We allow stuff into this country that would be unacceptable if an Australian food producer was manufacturing food like this."
The findings led the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources to begin an investigation which found a banned agricultural chemical residue in one rice product at low levels.
In a statement provided to SBS it said "the department has advised the importing government of the detection and has increased border inspections of that importer's rice consignments."
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