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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or6 w M. ~1 w6 b0 G: m
read on the internet that Basa
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, with particular emphasis on mercury* Q4 y* u9 K6 z9 O; e, X7 f% D
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have looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may
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find
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The CFIA
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nd inspect
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once they have
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. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and+ ]1 j- J5 ~ J& A2 |& _. \
those that may be
9 }: j) t" F- N. aintroduced in the production process.
" z7 k- n; }4 _4 {( {, e5 @5 p8 m; pIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer& }! E- f; |* n
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
, S3 y9 ~9 H4 z( P$ [3 i8 MFood Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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" V; O1 l3 x* O/ o6 f7 m' P* } Ce internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
) k: u2 q6 P" B ]testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
. M- }8 [; U1 {7 Eeven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they* A! z4 R) t1 ?4 N% s) O' s. O
would like to research this more.5 a" _0 j! p7 Y
We have! ], } A$ ~! Q
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
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4 L- U3 Q5 O; P$ QWe have also
4 Q. d( ?0 _1 ereceived a test report from our importer which; {1 T& S3 D: g m6 { H
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines# a5 u& k" {9 u" B
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Below, please find, a' ^, B5 ?' |% P7 l) t* x# O, `$ P
copied
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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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and is near the bottom of the food chain
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wit
; A* i3 \- |7 xh mercury
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The second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a7 [. {1 Z( j8 |$ q& `
wide variety of fish$ S% c5 m- U9 h2 r( j& T4 A% I
,
6 N3 _3 N6 @5 r; j, Rand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low+ d' f& E7 g% s3 K
concentrations (it
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
b/ Z) H! {) {. X2 I& n( c8 Wcontain
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asa). Over
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http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml% b0 t) f1 G0 N- _7 d L
http://www.hc
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an/alt_formats/hpfb2 h% \" X0 e# G5 k, s3 V
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eng.pdf
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