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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
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, with particular emphasis on mercury
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have 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.
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monitors all fish imports carefully, a
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all new importers and new species- c$ q- w+ n* C
without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
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. 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 answer
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Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may1 O2 ]4 ~3 E$ i
even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they2 D8 U7 G' a2 q: O% Y! V
would like to research this more.- Y7 x' t+ J2 t% j0 Y+ u$ n
We have9 f7 z8 u7 ?0 [' _3 N0 i" ]. Q& f
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ed
1 H/ g R7 m/ athe CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and9 j7 P5 S4 o: |$ `. N; Q' E
contaminants that are tested for.
/ F- c# S, W9 P+ e3 H: h6 wWe have also6 M, F5 E) a: {1 C6 l% Q* E
received a test report from our importer which; n! c0 O" l5 A. M# w( X
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines8 H, p" ~2 @. r
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sections
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that should put this completely
" r" i+ A' |1 K( W3 {to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is/ R7 \( Q. n* T
not; C& y2 X9 ~- _! N& R& @' P& c: ?
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long lived fish; {8 {7 h3 g5 k5 P
and is near the bottom of the food chain
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contaminated
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) G# x% ?2 _7 [+ \* RThe second section summarizes the mercury content; I1 G5 p0 Q9 r9 _2 k9 H6 L1 f
actually found in testing5 h# u, @8 j+ f5 L9 D* Y
in a9 K7 n; h$ @1 Z2 @* e; m
wide variety of fish- J' x2 Y; W g ^ H2 Y
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6 r8 h4 C$ W. z3 n+ F5 l* J% tand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low% L) s! L" g( A+ w
concentrations (it
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contain. q* X; x- \2 _, r3 I# f
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asa). Over
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to where this info is found.
8 \$ t& r9 ^& q+ i z2 Khttp://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml, m" Y1 V" }! @, A. N9 ^: d
http://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn
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