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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
- L4 _, P; B5 P$ yread on the internet that Basa, X# a$ O, a) g1 X3 B
is a contaminated fish1 G- r" a6 p6 S ~# j6 Y7 u
, with particular emphasis on mercury
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* l1 g: u# T5 r, X3 X! uhave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may; q |1 V8 Z" G' ^# n8 p z: i$ y
even6 O* k8 {9 B( C9 x" A
find
+ w% @& ?: v/ u: h3 Y Rtheir origin in a long running trade dispute.9 E8 t6 a/ h" B$ r. h {
The CFIA
7 t) y7 m7 {/ v4 T' W+ tmonitors all fish imports carefully, a
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without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
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proved safe0 C3 ~) j4 K; s8 Y& J
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
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2 U7 @5 H/ t- s; Q( Aintroduced in the production process.
) E5 A5 L/ J: H+ D$ l6 K2 o" yIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
) z" L. [/ W- {9 _- I* hsomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
2 U# P) Z) h: l& f; ^8 }/ L1 ZFood Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted/ N" y0 M) Y" V% L
on th3 l" j ^* d4 }4 u; i% ?
e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
; `! L) A( |( m6 T: I6 jtesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may8 x3 m8 N3 @5 U$ {7 ]
even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
4 U7 X- `* s2 h1 kwould like to research this more.2 C% j2 H9 {% O, n. J. X
We have" j5 I. Y2 j' O# j" v! J
review
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: C) |" i0 e( U; Wthe CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and: x! ~$ Y8 K. H$ K% J; E+ f* f
contaminants that are tested for.. }/ K, ^7 v6 z6 ?
We have also- v- c. A# O* q% t0 h0 v( [3 Z( j* R
received a test report from our importer which% E I' X l8 ?0 S; ~" A9 g
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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& S) B$ w9 A) ^( j) `- o: x' ABelow, please find/ p) R! J" ^0 J6 W$ s
copied, G& `0 U% m9 W( D! y
sections9 `- k- {4 Y; e3 c& p
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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a
, |" F" v# ~$ ~& llong lived fish2 I3 ^2 K T9 T* K. c Q8 a
and is near the bottom of the food chain
- V# z% o+ O l4 W V5 t: wso seems unlikely to be
: R4 x) f$ p/ a, q- c; q' Dcontaminated
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/ B7 d8 M( M+ \4 l o; Nh mercury
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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 X2 a8 k' ?1 c$ I ?# V" D
concentrations (it' g1 T7 |5 D" ^7 O& A
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section0 A( s+ A/ z4 y! H9 M
contain' v" l4 j; y3 w, G' H% O% A
ing B
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8 r8 q" X$ J7 x, s- i- h" B: f.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you1 q" ]" W* k Y- }6 \+ y% V
want to know more I have included the link9 c' s" a# x& X- k' f( ]! Y& X
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to where this info is found.2 W2 b0 K' ~, @8 |4 S
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
8 e* n7 e# W% h4 X* [1 `- Jhttp://www.hc
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an/alt_formats/hpfb6 W2 m9 o2 ?! `7 L1 s
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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