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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
) A" @9 J* J2 F8 yread on the internet that Basa
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$ m9 {% j4 d% f. Q& S3 W; Fhave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may6 R. c9 M4 S, v, m
even
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r5 [- x1 m5 h* h3 [% v% rtheir origin in a long running trade dispute.
8 T [$ Z$ V0 V/ uThe CFIA
2 ?5 u6 @8 z, M8 Q0 L- Gmonitors all fish imports carefully, a
' `2 x7 c8 F4 w+ T5 B0 o% q. c: K" `nd inspect
* }8 B0 `. N& a! N! Yall new importers and new species
& k) j: O- q2 Ewithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
\; d; a9 I8 T: K: i1 Q' Vonce they have; t0 Z# u& U, ^: g0 x5 n( e. T
proved safe& B$ r# v1 B, e6 c/ h6 {; }% z5 F
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
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, |/ U; P1 q$ k1 cintroduced in the production process.; O* I. @1 q2 d/ ~" ]% @& }8 l
If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
# ?' u7 n+ ^1 |something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian( o1 C' ?$ h! B" J3 }. z& N
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted1 y; E( y' W6 ]
on th4 W- K0 z+ j. S5 p9 Y4 a
e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
+ q( g8 b: Q3 g2 ]4 H& z) D) Ktesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
' _$ U" a/ z6 V7 }even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they" W8 `0 m% L! x2 E8 M( U
would like to research this more.; Y7 g1 d+ P) V$ A' N: Y8 c
We have: [! G' h5 C* S
review; t! I% u* `* q& L6 ?% T
ed
1 Y$ u* N, k! J* Uthe CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and v# b, ~5 M' Z0 M" q9 g
contaminants that are tested for.
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received a test report from our importer which* o: h0 y1 L2 \0 Y8 B' ]
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines/ ]- z0 T4 L. ?9 C
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of the Health Canada website
: j$ i) [# s! X: y) s5 ethat should put this completely
0 V" }! C$ i1 v; y& t0 `9 ito rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is0 |# y2 o* {: ~
not
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long lived fish
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. c1 V7 u+ `5 z0 _ L/ [) {' Fso seems unlikely to be& O1 d1 t' l0 u! D9 L+ @' m
contaminated
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h mercury) q3 Y$ |# I% W0 e! H( @0 ]
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The second section summarizes the mercury content0 X/ H3 S2 a: }+ P- A, g7 m
actually found in testing2 ?4 T0 _, Y5 v- R" W" d
in a
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and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low, {+ ~3 M3 K( c' u, D0 z
concentrations (it
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
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asa). Over2 S' Y& R- U" X# ~8 a
.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
) I$ r$ W6 X2 I1 [( i, Dwant to know more I have included the link
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to where this info is found.
8 d. {6 ?: X8 X( I" qhttp://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
8 j, @( d2 P* d W8 _http://www.hc- r9 W0 @+ a; }' z0 V
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an/alt_formats/hpfb: [1 g# L/ K" J/ ~# y' G/ F, f$ x( S
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr B0 E; Q, _; G) |
ition/merc_fish_poisson
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