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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
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, with particular emphasis on mercury& }. S$ I; Y8 [: z7 l
. We
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their origin in a long running trade dispute.
9 N: `' _$ B& r; g6 f. B% Q. x; P2 ?The CFIA
8 Q3 v" h4 K) pmonitors all fish imports carefully, a
$ R$ L" A* }1 u% c4 Y. Gnd inspect
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without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often0 p, u8 C9 `- t& ]. I
once they have& d, J2 v4 t) v4 R" w% J
proved safe/ ] k; v% ^2 J) L- Y
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and1 O' q9 e& I+ Z( F
those that may be, e8 }5 A+ F9 C8 U0 S
introduced in the production process.
7 J+ t; N/ _. W* S ZIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer7 J) _$ n. N: L
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian7 p5 A1 q# ?9 [
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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: x8 c: H) l3 O3 P) {$ g- C, Ne internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
/ s+ ]8 v9 n2 {. _1 f" D, J1 qtesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may9 ]8 K, f9 x. v0 L/ }: M
even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they' k: X8 V6 N* ?0 a
would like to research this more. n9 j3 f6 n& ~: ^
We have
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We have also
+ F1 f5 ]6 B# u8 Preceived a test report from our importer which
4 @& _- e4 R" P) ^shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines3 O* O6 P3 S# i4 ]4 G6 j3 V
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5 P* x3 ~- h$ ^2 }" XBelow, please find
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that should put this completely) I- V/ @- D% n/ A6 i7 g! ]" r0 F
to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is- ]1 ^5 e/ K8 b' j$ C; V
not( d7 @6 \8 X! }/ m% W! X3 [ m! Y
a
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and is near the bottom of the food chain$ m/ K* y1 n$ Z7 o) f! T
so seems unlikely to be& Y4 g' G1 I+ Q, R& Q# L
contaminated
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h mercury
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The second section summarizes the mercury content
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, u- o! b& X3 V; Rwide variety of fish* }6 q# h; M3 U, j
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: Z7 b' S* Z' d, fand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
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! g" Q! M* w* N) j0 x0 p9 X2 H& ds about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
O j: ], {- {# A! C+ o5 I/ Zcontain
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asa). Over
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want to know more I have included the link; b- V. \+ F8 W8 B
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http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr2 p$ ]/ k; c; f" W( W2 R
ition/merc_fish_poisson
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