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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
G- f1 `2 V9 F1 l& Pread on the internet that Basa$ _% n9 \2 h. Q
is a contaminated fish
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have looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may' D) e! i8 Z+ ^
even
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( Y7 h) a# E, K! p4 x* o8 Q9 Itheir origin in a long running trade dispute.: t% C. e u8 Y$ K
The CFIA
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all new importers and new species" ?/ o+ W' a) j+ Z
without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
$ R3 D0 K- B- ^once they have
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. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and5 o5 u( E/ y$ c4 I
those that may be6 m2 G, z3 w p* s
introduced in the production process." U9 L2 {4 B( w" [ ~
If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer: `. A! \) K& P" r5 Z
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
/ `0 r7 r9 C8 ?7 P6 O2 GFood Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted) I1 `9 R% I* k' Y$ D0 B
on th
5 P4 z8 O/ Z! F: ~; i5 n# Fe internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
; f1 H \% F1 gtesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
/ i0 g7 H1 [! B' a+ Z! zeven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they; g; k' k( e& h& m" I t9 ]
would like to research this more.0 D1 ^6 @8 H% @, o
We have. M! K, m6 `* a
review
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4 _) ]! y, j# ]the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
1 B& _- l1 V) }. q* hcontaminants that are tested for.
, `. z* }1 Z/ _2 [6 dWe have also
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shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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; L4 z3 J! N. n1 U, \) {- R1 I( TBelow, please find4 _8 N# R4 ~- l1 |7 e/ D% W; _
copied
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of the Health Canada website
$ a+ O3 L. `2 v, Mthat should put this completely
( ^% K4 e* q8 U4 J4 Y, Tto rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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9 `4 P: _! R2 Dlong lived fish
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so seems unlikely to be
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wit
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* r4 o* d+ y, w& x' f, [, L" VThe second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a+ ?: h" b# }7 h& r
wide variety of fish! G$ T& B. n3 g# U2 L, ]
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) k: h& \8 A1 Z% t7 N0 Vand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
1 B& I5 A k# S2 l8 r& ]7 t$ T! }4 Pconcentrations (it
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section9 b9 G1 t* R- \) b( C
contain2 G3 ?6 C3 @9 f9 e: n/ u
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asa). Over
4 R/ }% h5 O3 t7 Q! C- N.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
1 S3 H7 S' z7 V. U( K- ?) U8 Cwant to know more I have included the link7 f7 f" w) o+ v
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to where this info is found.$ ]! ^/ D; J _+ a
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml; T1 m4 t0 s# @6 _
http://www.hc: l3 m8 o- c0 W$ H' h! Q" ~ J$ A% T
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