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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
7 l; ` f. v$ f+ v' f f ~read on the internet that Basa
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, with particular emphasis on mercury
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/ b) Y/ M0 `6 _7 I# F/ J) P i6 Dhave 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.
5 D5 X: \' Y7 ~; j6 rThe CFIA3 y" d4 i d2 O) V% f
monitors all fish imports carefully, a
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all new importers and new species
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. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
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- ]6 a, C) O2 x/ T! sintroduced in the production process.
" U# c: q9 K- P$ W( b% n) f7 lIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer x8 \; b$ Y; V$ ^1 m2 _5 e* g5 R( w, D
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
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e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
+ `( k, `8 [( n8 D8 Ltesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may9 U" s/ ~! V' K* O
even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
1 k+ ~8 _8 O; K" ^0 _, V' x- Awould like to research this more.( ]. ^8 k# Q- A2 a( H( N: p2 v, Z
We have2 J+ v) u6 [& R: w {
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ed
2 B7 H8 C! W p4 Ethe CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
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9 ]2 x% C! h0 ?5 K: h+ NWe have also* U- T! J, g7 z; [' d. f3 ~" {
received a test report from our importer which
/ {; s0 w) \$ g9 sshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines `3 i [) g1 r1 s
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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/ Z5 R: R- E2 c( q
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long lived fish9 K, b* K! a. m4 f3 K( @
and is near the bottom of the food chain
9 V: {& E& t; @$ T8 ?& f- iso seems unlikely to be; w& c s2 m& j$ g, L- U
contaminated
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7 M/ M" K4 V" S7 d) v7 ^) W2 wThe second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a
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and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section4 b7 E' U- ^3 \ v2 Q! r4 E0 X
contain
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asa). Over+ g8 \3 o- A. S9 v: Q7 |7 L
.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
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to where this info is found.: f' s$ ]7 w& g6 f S V
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
; Q6 j3 ?6 m* l7 Q. Dhttp://www.hc
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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