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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
6 R) u; W2 n ?0 v$ T- c5 Sread on the internet that Basa
e1 o' `0 z: w" j3 [, \3 xis a contaminated fish
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$ E! ]( W0 T- \3 ?have looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may
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their origin in a long running trade dispute.
( i% L* U% b" B* H' }The CFIA/ N' F9 t8 f) A/ Z( I+ \
monitors all fish imports carefully, a {( r4 P) M+ g7 d
nd inspect
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without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often! {5 s& Q1 d+ b! j
once they have
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. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
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$ p+ Z2 L1 w7 Y3 Y: qintroduced in the production process.
/ f" p; ?9 H+ } ?If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer1 R1 I' G/ ^" V6 D2 H; N; m3 O* j
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian( h# c$ {0 p! _
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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6 m8 `3 d3 v6 C* C2 _& b$ [e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
' C( o* t- v" b- g! m+ n9 Ytesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
7 a2 B9 X: s1 R( i* c& {' [8 _4 Deven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they2 R' v; r( i( _2 X- |
would like to research this more.6 s: R8 c! U: S/ q9 E- `; W: p
We have
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
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We have also
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% m" T; Z3 s+ K, vshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines) j6 r9 B' \7 U4 a8 C6 O% J! v0 l
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Below, please find: E X( p# l! q/ Z6 _$ \) e# F7 @7 b
copied
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of the Health Canada website
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to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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long lived fish
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so seems unlikely to be
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h mercury
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/ M% V' A4 O1 G, \ v7 B4 \ J; _The 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
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6 n" a( j. }& f5 z$ e) n# B# ms about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
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asa). Over
1 B; x$ @* J7 }, {& \.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you, u$ r2 V, o3 m/ V, A1 R& S
want to know more I have included the link
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to where this info is found.5 b/ a; N+ `: V( f: [& u
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml# W. v, K s0 w, Q- } J7 b) G; R
http://www.hc
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an/alt_formats/hpfb+ m# n# h8 t% T
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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