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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
: e" j" F0 P6 M: g( f5 [7 X4 sread on the internet that Basa& j" Q# v6 t# G$ r$ S$ ~* \. d
is a contaminated fish
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: H9 b/ p( j( [; ?8 J: }: t" ghave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may
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find
( \5 G) c4 P5 e- S9 m4 _their origin in a long running trade dispute.
( t3 R* ^. Q" y4 v! RThe CFIA
4 Y* q3 j+ [* r3 w7 q' P. |. Tmonitors all fish imports carefully, a/ W* @7 G* h! n" E e3 }6 y
nd inspect& }4 @9 ^; X3 R& i6 i2 g: q! |
all new importers and new species& J" e: f. Y# c3 _+ m8 J
without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
6 [( P% N9 U1 Donce they have
1 d n# t' V) a; U6 Zproved safe
" n& u% O6 q+ M5 ]9 c0 F" @# j. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
- J% p0 G {9 R1 `" C, qthose that may be& {1 c' j0 J) S
introduced in the production process.
; x. X* ^, B; J5 ?& ^) W* _If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
! g% W9 S) P, T, s, W+ w- K% Vsomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian6 b* y- f# M7 b1 e
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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6 v7 {, {- A, q- c7 ze internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing/ X; A0 Q8 K3 L6 t
testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may$ \: R) }: \4 Y$ U" E; B
even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they( O" ~. y9 F1 ?" o( V) R
would like to research this more.
' C7 B- j1 {# p" O- u7 fWe have
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ed
& D* ?0 J( e, J. h" a& ^+ A' Vthe CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
4 s" J+ s7 b/ j: Ccontaminants that are tested for.' [6 ]( B5 G5 M, E
We have also2 w# G( v2 s: |5 Z Q4 f
received a test report from our importer which
9 H! v+ |( F$ ?shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines. b7 A# F+ Q& ?8 _9 A5 a! e0 Q# n
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; x' \5 t2 [+ A! v" y/ w8 PBelow, please find' r2 }. b; m* A. P
copied$ |' b0 v( S3 j' W; E
sections- w! N$ T5 L- {6 _$ [
of the Health Canada website
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' W/ @! T b8 d1 q: I0 J9 A: gto rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is: F% ^0 F0 Z# h' H1 T
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long lived fish5 S& \* e5 j t5 [8 T% @
and is near the bottom of the food chain
7 l6 b$ U0 Q( N# y2 T. x/ Yso seems unlikely to be2 [- c0 M$ Z' A# k; Y) W
contaminated7 j9 |# r, z2 f& P- I- f
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The second section summarizes the mercury content: @5 v3 W. Y) L9 H
actually found in testing, I9 h& T3 H0 w) d2 g7 u6 M
in a/ ?5 [7 h% v3 t5 T. U5 a
wide variety of fish
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0 o/ d+ q8 }% s! z6 @and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
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# E* c/ x* q. t2 c$ ] P2 L0 `s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section& _# _- m+ Y. ~8 z$ i4 m0 X; P& _; G: c
contain+ }9 w+ Y: [" {0 f
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asa). Over6 p7 y+ N( G* M; N
.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you6 B* n7 f( E' T& V; u' |1 S3 Q
want to know more I have included the link
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/ e1 u; h/ O- S0 mto where this info is found.. ?* t7 V' z7 w$ F: U8 G5 s: l0 V
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml8 K5 b2 p- k1 L
http://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn
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an/alt_formats/hpfb7 Q7 T. w* u0 M/ z! R
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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* Q, a2 Q3 J, N) Meng.pdf
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