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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
+ y: M q0 u9 J8 lread on the internet that Basa
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6 A/ h1 D: L9 E3 ahave 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., m% z% @" e/ F( F& ^& s. h
The CFIA
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without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often- v* G7 Y% w2 H7 O
once they have; N7 q; C: n1 Q. w
proved safe
3 o% M- P7 E) y+ l. o. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
! {& c6 `: }% s7 \! Kthose that may be
% Z% E Y; a( D" v' G0 Bintroduced in the production process.
, W/ p1 d h0 a8 f! b* pIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
. F2 v |: Y0 J* K1 ?6 Xsomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian! c$ V8 v* T6 Q) R$ T3 i
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted. _. ]& H, m5 C
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e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
3 b: |5 H( C% ?+ U% v% ftesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
( P) Q3 B" J3 m/ W$ E% feven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they6 a8 M' F, F8 l8 a, @* N9 ~( A
would like to research this more.
( `* z0 U/ \ }% R; r, d4 RWe have! I, a3 x y. @
review
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and# y" X/ z$ w0 D4 s$ m: ~
contaminants that are tested for.# |( t, t$ j3 T# u6 G
We have also
- E( a* H/ x# w" A: M) S8 S" @& Yreceived a test report from our importer which: Z# d) v* d* l1 G6 r# Z
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines& x% N# J. M. n' _2 ^" F
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copied
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of the Health Canada website$ y5 a% K/ a+ H F1 B; w+ a9 B
that should put this completely( ]: D+ y9 {4 H9 m6 [
to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is [6 s0 V% v/ K% z2 t. m; B- A
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long lived fish a3 M, W& n* x$ S) t
and is near the bottom of the food chain
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wit
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The second section summarizes the mercury content
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4 B# Y2 U, m$ gwide variety of fish
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, ?; {$ O: T6 }and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low; _& a3 x9 t9 j/ e, [
concentrations (it
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section- @; }' k q+ ^9 b* d
contain
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.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
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9 T- T# ?6 r8 q jto where this info is found.; h4 H7 b/ |8 t3 V$ g5 D5 n
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml9 v2 S3 A# L( w; C: _5 ~9 p
http://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn
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an/alt_formats/hpfb$ b, b% ~' h3 J/ B L( _. k$ X# [3 c
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr, v: b @" W% [5 s' k- j
ition/merc_fish_poisson
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