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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
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is a contaminated fish2 @: D8 f% ^% y7 L6 |" Q
, with particular emphasis on mercury3 s1 F# v/ j w: a- E4 e# i
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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." n" P2 |" A5 Q4 [' Q4 n
The CFIA
; S, N8 ^0 T6 S) amonitors all fish imports carefully, a
6 X! F) ^1 Z; l/ ]& bnd inspect
6 y/ W& `( D/ P$ @6 Q9 z% U' Sall new importers and new species
( ~4 i# B, z* qwithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
; j* ]( X& A( c- w. w1 \once they have
# @# Z, A0 I# O1 ^9 f$ x( Nproved safe
; A# m g4 H0 l, Z. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
0 S2 J0 j+ C- A$ V/ T. ~4 Wthose that may be
4 {; M- Q9 I+ C6 V& hintroduced in the production process.
* j V2 \9 g1 U5 }If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer, V3 C' W& u2 V! G
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian8 X" R1 D5 U' V" e( I3 G# T
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted3 K& R! m* Z) @. {! {
on th
8 s0 Q' ]: c' [& Ae internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
# L3 N" u5 U+ T* Vtesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
9 A/ g9 @1 W+ eeven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they% s9 f2 Q( j6 A
would like to research this more.; Z. ?; d1 j( f5 N6 L/ ?
We have
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and0 Z. S* s3 O; W& |: `3 a% t# Q
contaminants that are tested for.
7 X2 P) r! s% } g* a- p$ z. nWe have also
9 g, @6 U- f- s& z/ @0 rreceived a test report from our importer which
, X M( ^3 t( W# r% \shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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Below, please find
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that should put this completely. `3 @, j8 |9 C* K: W
to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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a
5 t& Z8 ~) v' S' I4 Ylong lived fish6 T) A4 I' w+ n* G
and is near the bottom of the food chain% H) ~" ^& a; Q; F' w% Y
so seems unlikely to be
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The second section summarizes the mercury content
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wide variety of fish
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6 m5 h: D" b5 C6 ?+ i8 j8 Gand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low* A8 t) l1 A+ u6 C/ b+ }+ ^, I
concentrations (it
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contain
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asa). Over
/ e! o# r6 ^6 S. D/ K* F8 k.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
2 T; C n$ M* ^8 qwant to know more I have included the link- ~8 H0 b8 x# ]
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http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
3 b4 R) ]6 F/ z: Z( U; Ihttp://www.hc
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4 B& j# L6 j6 N" wsc.gc.ca/fn
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an/alt_formats/hpfb
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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