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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or5 y; q! d& s/ e2 ^9 n8 r
read on the internet that Basa; ]" b+ ?; x- Z
is a contaminated fish4 X( d" z0 i* X" }3 j
, with particular emphasis on mercury5 T3 \1 ^3 Z7 m: W" _8 L2 W. ?5 q0 j
. We
5 W1 V- J0 e9 B5 Ohave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may8 Z5 t. k6 d- k( Q/ l
even
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their origin in a long running trade dispute.9 }5 S+ Y% T/ E* ]4 f8 P
The CFIA' S$ R z, R$ R3 E9 z
monitors all fish imports carefully, a
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all new importers and new species
; }/ V& L3 M. A: w+ c) U- Hwithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often" @' V. H, ?, q4 {3 Z2 [; v
once they have! p9 _( d. u& W# ^4 U$ w0 |
proved safe1 k ]( ]& q# ~9 Y
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and! F. Y# T. M( a& d, S1 e5 F
those that may be) U3 ^, H/ X- `/ I4 p: W, ~
introduced in the production process.& p. S4 x' w0 [4 ^ J
If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer ^$ M$ H4 Y# i; w, Y/ u+ l
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian2 q1 k1 F8 ^0 c9 P$ ~
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted; q& a8 Y/ |& Q
on th
5 B0 t3 ]$ A9 `6 N! k2 j5 c9 L/ @! |, He internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing0 F( D# T4 U- m) b" M+ o: @' V
testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
7 \( Y+ K6 [7 J% ~1 z# oeven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they5 i( h; D, U5 Z; |) n2 i
would like to research this more.8 k5 ~$ K; l& |* t- u8 B# E
We have# w* u0 U2 v s; c
review
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and6 B5 `( e7 y2 F* F8 M) ]& p
contaminants that are tested for.+ u# E" g3 N. z u. t4 f' t
We have also5 R7 y' d* ]/ a, e: B' T2 g% \
received a test report from our importer which
4 E: }; H6 U7 g, yshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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/ l3 m" z& v4 ^. ^# GBelow, please find. w% e# U4 @# M1 e0 T( H
copied- R8 f' h; [* g
sections3 v, |/ z# ]# N c! p) W
of the Health Canada website$ \* ^$ [" E2 a' m- X
that should put this completely
2 d- d# i0 E% e8 B- o. V- E# G: cto rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is0 A" { n: v$ I* C
not7 p! p2 p3 @" f% c
a
# M5 C J' K: T$ Clong lived fish* }( P- S8 p3 r3 [8 P
and is near the bottom of the food chain
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contaminated. d; M6 ^4 A* B$ A, a- v) Q
wit
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The second section summarizes the mercury content' ]$ Y8 l8 k3 ]8 ?9 \ M3 o
actually found in testing" ^" e' w3 Q# Y
in a/ n$ s3 N1 l6 H# l2 u9 l' C; M
wide variety of fish
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and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low5 q! h0 X: Q3 T) L- h) h
concentrations (it
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$ Z7 ~/ c* I" \4 Z' W; Us about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section3 x; L1 H9 d1 {5 T9 B4 u- `9 a
contain$ f% O- F& W' q4 V9 h
ing B1 n( K) Q% N4 P6 n* ~5 ]8 W! L0 ~
asa). Over
8 h8 M% Y: R8 ^: `, a9 f.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
4 |5 m8 e4 h/ }- c5 k! S/ mwant to know more I have included the link
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to where this info is found.8 c0 ~. G/ y# @6 E, o" ^" b
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml4 D! K' t) z9 T! M
http://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn( u9 m: M, k- l: k* L
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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