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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
! m* _/ P5 u; [+ Tread on the internet that Basa
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+ i' Q% C* c( J5 E* ^, with particular emphasis on mercury/ U/ e- X" j/ Y$ w
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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., s! w* F- N. m) [$ M9 U! m' ]
The CFIA- @& y/ o; z, M5 y3 V
monitors all fish imports carefully, a
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all new importers and new species
( q& Y) u0 r5 {% `8 H0 l9 Nwithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
& R$ q7 P4 i, ^& d0 Monce they have
" N3 I4 e5 A. Z4 j) V, O2 eproved safe/ F8 P3 ~# l L2 V/ H8 z# E
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
2 }: C, m; ^) B4 f2 h6 N% ythose that may be
: {) Y' Q/ r; T* g a% c Nintroduced in the production process.
( I5 O. P6 v( C' v8 y, Z" F, AIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer( w- ~; r) {" ^1 j
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian2 m: y* ?% t9 C2 C7 ~
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
9 A t7 y4 g9 D; Ytesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
% t# ~, F$ j4 {9 Ieven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
/ e/ l) h6 p7 a2 O! \/ ]6 Zwould like to research this more.
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and# A, T$ ^7 e/ T4 f
contaminants that are tested for.) j2 u m/ I( ^) f0 x1 V, H( X
We have also9 I! J8 G# i# i7 a" f) J Y
received a test report from our importer which
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copied
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of the Health Canada website
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( p0 s# ^' J/ t0 q% D* ]to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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a
/ _9 ]& d9 X( V+ _long lived fish
$ [- ^3 R# @3 C3 B( Y% pand is near the bottom of the food chain Z% Z" e. L2 Y- \" B% c. |& X
so seems unlikely to be
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wit
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( e8 v3 \. F! @The second section summarizes the mercury content
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; a+ D3 _& h0 T ewide variety of fish
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and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low1 ]$ r# S' c8 F$ ~
concentrations (it9 f3 L' {: _- x3 N. @" q
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2 A% a8 W8 b* c% Ds about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
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.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you6 i8 n0 R9 O7 ] s# Z* g) X3 ~2 x
want to know more I have included the link2 E5 ~3 P; j9 ?6 `" r
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http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml& ^8 I- I( N# \9 J& ?
http://www.hc
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr! \* P B' T X! l" O. `- W
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eng.pdf& ^. S1 w- v, ?% W. X9 L- j
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