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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
/ k9 Y; p+ }7 A* y N3 d5 Kread on the internet that Basa
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have looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may& y- z1 v' ^ @: o9 W4 I+ P
even
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their origin in a long running trade dispute.4 u9 _; G+ v* T- t/ i
The CFIA. g. p/ i1 j% t9 B
monitors all fish imports carefully, a
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without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often3 Z( |" p9 f; p% \, r
once they have
g. O+ O5 C6 k/ _! }' ?7 wproved safe
9 N& O0 r4 p" [! x. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
* _) O5 ~$ B: q2 Dthose that may be
" \# C; H4 N6 l$ n5 D! I' m3 Ointroduced in the production process.
0 @; b1 `! ?9 a# dIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
@/ v7 t* `$ S O6 s; ?" h0 K& rsomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian2 w: a* M+ c$ F. u7 g9 f
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted# l+ x6 L* Q1 V5 _! a
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e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
# \1 `8 q+ d$ c6 }7 ?) @testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
5 J+ S, s5 k9 m0 w. L# Y+ teven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
3 s3 r) |! ^ mwould like to research this more./ ]& i; ?& ]5 v# O( C/ b& f# w
We have1 V6 `- w0 e, S
review
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( w% {; s Z1 Othe CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
v* ?4 c. F0 O4 ^7 a6 l9 |contaminants that are tested for.
" [4 m/ o! @" B% |2 D0 R/ gWe have also1 a* s* E X* [, d
received a test report from our importer which
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Below, please find! h5 d4 L) @& A
copied
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of the Health Canada website$ c) ?' G7 M- b+ D u Q9 {
that should put this completely
" y2 Q# `& w" o4 V% j; Mto rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is4 n6 p9 v# o) @8 [6 R/ k9 a
not9 G. H, n4 c" v4 q
a
4 i, m: l; K- v2 q; xlong lived fish, T' J# l) U( A' O: S1 O; R/ v
and is near the bottom of the food chain' b3 W2 i8 J: ]2 W
so seems unlikely to be w3 q! O4 y* `& Z: S
contaminated
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B, N1 H- b; Q" q2 Qh mercury
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; c) v' p0 T; {4 O v/ }1 ?/ Q" XThe second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a
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and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low z8 r! n+ p' z
concentrations (it
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section' N+ @# j7 H1 i0 U
contain3 T: e2 k" Y8 I+ d2 F: [* i3 a. ]! e
ing B
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. n" R, K: A, w.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you9 F' y& I1 t7 c! G% j2 ~
want to know more I have included the link
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to where this info is found.
+ j, h6 }! G l" a. M+ Chttp://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml8 |2 q/ c: t; P3 f: w! Z7 b$ s
http://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr) i8 L9 T5 ]9 C8 Z+ U' B& S
ition/merc_fish_poisson
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