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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or" ?. `1 g6 H6 V' T6 N4 U
read on the internet that Basa+ Y& b5 V% o* T5 |* N: v
is a contaminated fish
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5 O$ B) {& c7 s* J" Ihave 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.
+ e& Q3 U! y* E: U$ L- uThe CFIA
! m" }% J3 y, W |5 Gmonitors all fish imports carefully, a# J L/ h# ^+ s
nd inspect* `6 s9 }1 G7 n9 c. ~" f$ \
all new importers and new species
% ~( M5 W# ^( W% J" Q6 Kwithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
+ J ]' ]' n( l3 w5 Yonce they have8 @ u4 e) Y0 b9 I
proved safe% L: k) O" h/ `, D; q; y0 H9 o; A
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
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introduced in the production process.8 O7 I6 M4 Q8 @, r0 @
If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
4 k( A7 r5 D. h# {! psomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
, _/ A% j) n x: e5 LFood 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
' G, d2 k; ?) u) g5 U e$ ?testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
9 |$ r% o$ V3 i X# ?+ r% Yeven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
+ ]2 j; _# [- Z% D7 D4 d& p- pwould like to research this more.* D6 Z' G2 s) w' Q" w+ ]+ P6 F
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review2 I! s2 C" y8 U& ~6 J. x& X
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
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We have also
0 ]6 ?* t4 v" d# f2 M0 mreceived a test report from our importer which5 X( t; v0 E1 {, `; n. `; X$ \( \
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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Below, please find
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that should put this completely6 {, Q7 ^! J! ^* m; h
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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% }: t6 o9 t9 `) @The second section summarizes the mercury content1 q/ X: t! ~3 e
actually found in testing( f" K: |$ F3 {& U, v
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wide variety of fish- ]0 a* S2 C3 Y" N/ ? L
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7 M' ]4 g# d1 h$ kand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
3 g; | _* x5 X. |9 Oconcentrations (it
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s 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 you
, ?2 Q( Q( A( X9 qwant to know more I have included the link, V' o; x5 k: J1 |% k b5 K/ e
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' }# f7 S6 F' w3 B$ Fhttp://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml0 e0 K& _5 ^7 h8 z/ _
http://www.hc
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