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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
6 \: J$ h% W5 a0 c8 sread on the internet that Basa
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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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without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often5 @ z# d+ ^( Z; C! n! C! b9 n N7 a
once they have/ T) b, f& n+ ^. Z. I
proved safe
t: ?9 d; N: V. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and& r$ d& g9 ]( A, [2 ?
those that may be
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If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer9 M3 [$ g, n* c/ M6 X0 c2 a
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian, {. w4 F# t- L, N
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted0 n% T& |/ `$ I/ {' r9 u) d
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e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
3 ~* g6 |+ M8 f/ K6 ~8 D5 O4 c1 ttesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
" {9 K8 S; E ^even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
8 u& x, H/ v1 |6 O% `; L& ^would like to research this more.* b) _/ ^! o! h. n) T$ q* w
We have
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
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received a test report from our importer which ~" y. W6 ?5 }0 A c4 N8 I
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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Below, please find0 i, W9 g1 k7 \+ i' ~; I B3 n% {
copied
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that should put this completely
3 C( ~& K7 R6 a* r0 `5 v) Qto rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is4 `- S4 t5 B$ _- Q" f
not
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long lived fish; N, i% }9 H1 M8 l& w- _. S
and is near the bottom of the food chain
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contaminated, m6 W3 K1 z) g+ F' z
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h mercury
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2 g6 |- e5 ?' r/ I) z; RThe second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a7 N! x- A7 \9 \2 o# k ?3 }
wide variety of fish X x" U. f& B, y8 O' Z
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$ U: U7 G/ t8 ?; F0 T/ Jand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
+ b n* P6 z* ~! E4 Lconcentrations (it
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
- X s5 n7 p$ Icontain
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asa). Over
+ K- }: n" W t1 m% F3 x2 O.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
* Q' V. V1 G3 K$ @0 v) H: mwant to know more I have included the link5 e) Z$ M8 ? A, @3 @
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" S- y |* |. o$ y+ E% ?to where this info is found.9 t# F/ v- ~, _- `2 P
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
& l# X; @5 {) p I7 d# a0 Y9 qhttp://www.hc, h1 Z0 y& _, P) f: Y: U r g
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sc.gc.ca/fn
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7 g4 a) h( h- T# |ition/merc_fish_poisson
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