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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or" ~: q' ^3 ]- K" X% B
read on the internet that Basa
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. We
3 W% `" {4 ?' \6 a' D; E5 y/ ohave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may
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: z2 ]9 j$ g6 q! Wtheir origin in a long running trade dispute. R0 e- y% B8 G
The CFIA
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all new importers and new species- z9 V2 b# h' P4 x6 J/ \
without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
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proved safe6 Y, R7 L$ n! G3 \ x5 \# e. O% m
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
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If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer2 W( j0 q! P8 y8 A# C8 R* {- e+ s
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
1 U* Z% M5 t+ M# Z+ \. t, z9 T1 [Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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6 w$ ?$ Y5 V( R+ m: H) b3 T1 te internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
- h7 e3 F; A9 Z2 `) z( L# Jtesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
1 ^- X8 l U# y, K/ T4 ]* j5 yeven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
7 c- s% V/ k. b- b6 C1 I' r6 Dwould like to research this more.+ ]% y8 h7 o% d
We have( O. u/ m- F' b/ F) P* G
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and/ F W1 Q: ?+ I$ ?( d+ u! J
contaminants that are tested for.9 y8 D- n; s. g' S( o; k, F! z
We have also
& F5 Q: R8 a% l' S& yreceived a test report from our importer which
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copied
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that should put this completely
+ V W- X: j) M- N' Sto rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is G# [& Z% ? J6 o1 R5 N# c
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so seems unlikely to be
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h mercury
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4 j/ ]" y9 v; w) J+ VThe second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a6 h4 s: D" N/ i0 @3 Z3 q1 @$ V
wide variety of fish
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* ]: n/ L5 Q9 w/ L9 ^/ B' B& Z1 U% ]and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low: I6 {/ a0 \/ Y3 y
concentrations (it8 m/ C5 L1 t" ?# }
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contain
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. P9 \: L; R9 Y {4 x, _* _$ z6 R.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
4 u8 ]* G* E/ F) \want to know more I have included the link
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to where this info is found.- ~+ e( _8 T4 \( x. [) h9 Z: C
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml; P8 y' l# a r
http://www.hc) E" O* [& J+ R$ o/ J: U
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sc.gc.ca/fn! A2 B- `. C" v9 S7 Z$ g
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr& N }7 f, t. Y, U
ition/merc_fish_poisson
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U. \) S( o* y( q" n; {eng.pdf
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