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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
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is a contaminated fish
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. We
, k% [1 {& J X2 d" ~. S5 Phave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may4 e# R7 N+ P4 d( q
even
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( d% U3 u) |+ _! _( L( P7 u* U- I9 ptheir origin in a long running trade dispute.9 ^1 A _ g' f1 G: C* o# _
The CFIA
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all new importers and new species7 y) y$ z# U( g8 R* }* k$ a" t
without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often2 G K5 W$ R5 b- z/ @
once they have4 u5 `5 A) I7 Z
proved safe
4 v" [$ L# W1 J0 |0 d8 o, C& _! \. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
1 {* Z: D5 g4 U( @/ ?those that may be) e5 a' u, f) h: E
introduced in the production process.& i3 x w# e( A' |. d- i) p
If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer( M; b( _6 {/ i* \8 o0 i6 f
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian2 S2 Y b# R3 ]! \$ J1 I
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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8 C! R0 w# B7 G: Ftesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may" G* x8 k( V9 Y: b, B5 v8 \
even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
/ ]% ]3 W2 [; s. U4 d6 Awould like to research this more.
1 }* a a9 b" _$ C, VWe have8 R5 r9 v: A+ p: Q) L+ q, l: `
review
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% j" S, C" e2 z% q' othe CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
" |" ~ f' Z, s8 T! ~ B icontaminants that are tested for.
! K& }" F5 E* gWe have also
* g; z+ H4 T5 H2 c. T) \received a test report from our importer which
5 M4 b3 y- v& E; V8 q7 K' b1 gshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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* @* t4 k5 F$ Z( y$ RBelow, please find
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to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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long lived fish7 k2 @$ F! v0 e) m2 W
and is near the bottom of the food chain7 h$ w# Q9 R/ ?7 k
so seems unlikely to be
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wit
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The second section summarizes the mercury content8 n" h+ o, z4 ?3 F' {
actually found in testing
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wide variety of fish& `& y) ^0 D2 U9 o
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/ K0 q, k5 @% ]8 i: Xand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low, b7 Y5 M6 n, E t% H$ `
concentrations (it% P* d6 p; D' }( `
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asa). Over
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# G, w" T0 s# M4 _* C+ { Mwant to know more I have included the link
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3 L7 S1 s) x! }& H, Oto where this info is found., \) y+ a7 ~" x; @
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
; e4 C! R$ f5 D* O# `/ Hhttp://www.hc( J- G, M7 t9 p! @ L: P# v
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ition/merc_fish_poisson
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