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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or* v$ C4 t8 U+ }! T
read on the internet that Basa7 R: x9 g9 |0 m1 Z, Z
is a contaminated fish% ]8 n* O9 P4 s, D$ V
, with particular emphasis on mercury0 O- _! \* w, V+ j) O u
. We
1 j' _/ o! x7 v; F' whave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may# |6 Z1 P! `4 n
even ?; a- T( J; |; Q
find5 k) e# p' K: s0 a0 O; s: @+ U( H
their origin in a long running trade dispute.
( Y9 f+ Q! H" z* l8 M, }& qThe CFIA
6 m% |' w: _$ Vmonitors all fish imports carefully, a4 |: S" J) q' R; k
nd inspect
7 i" C ]. _+ e W/ Sall new importers and new species
& X/ G) J" r2 ]: Pwithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often% m- O; U* o2 m2 e7 C' [
once they have
# t/ e, K" }" ^. w" kproved safe9 c8 K& G3 i8 b+ ]- J
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and9 p/ `6 Z' X4 e/ I7 S; L
those that may be
' X$ I3 D2 ~3 P* x% x% s. v( Y7 Mintroduced in the production process.
$ F" h( F/ u2 ^# P, w- ~& T' qIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer2 f7 {& I+ b! `3 w: M( g: t
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
! ]' h$ C4 Y( w' M/ JFood Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted+ W* g! N- ]& l
on th2 l0 M# ^. A! i) \5 _! O. ^
e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing3 a; e" d' s) u
testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may: m. r' Y6 L) c
even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
# G+ x" y1 p7 `9 c3 z1 lwould like to research this more.
& c* l( L! }( ]! b" HWe have" C( q c7 U5 R; v
review$ W6 C+ M( r3 r4 n" l4 }4 F4 T) x
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and, E" y. c# Z) G: Y
contaminants that are tested for.
/ x' A" w7 ?* q+ @6 t0 H$ O3 RWe have also7 p7 a- `2 I0 f
received a test report from our importer which
3 z6 i5 J3 i! ~" V' O/ b3 w. }9 ishows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines9 `; B6 M& _. w, C5 H
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0 a/ ]8 V6 O* e' n1 cBelow, please find
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, G; X: ?- Y$ `5 Lsections) k. V8 Y$ X2 \( K
of the Health Canada website* @5 I& M1 d- W/ y2 M
that should put this completely
& I4 Q: G$ [8 j3 {3 H1 p5 Cto rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is' a. y8 _1 T" ?! e1 E6 i
not# ~" g9 t0 I% b% i5 E
a
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and is near the bottom of the food chain) I7 M; g% U+ h
so seems unlikely to be
8 y! R+ n9 T- u9 { k q) O. Fcontaminated
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h mercury; c( A8 O6 @- l5 e& Z( h
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" L% Y$ y' O7 b/ AThe second section summarizes the mercury content
1 a2 V+ c% ?9 s2 k* F1 uactually found in testing. ~7 E& y2 B3 ~) V9 h9 N; q
in a
" v1 k0 }1 ~" s5 Wwide variety of fish
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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 section9 w- W$ s/ N! A
contain4 n* _% F: Z; {# Z9 {
ing B' n4 M/ @, k, S2 @$ i/ v$ {
asa). Over
6 K: d/ R( o: V; B8 T.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
, }2 |# f+ N! F; ~# n, }' x7 S! }want to know more I have included the link# p1 l2 R9 \8 F6 }) b
s
, Y; H9 i! V0 u. T, |. t' D5 `to where this info is found.
& r1 ~0 F2 q" T6 V/ k3 \6 Jhttp://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
% T2 ^# R; a3 Vhttp://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn2 G* q3 Q3 E" o0 o: R' B% y5 P
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an/alt_formats/hpfb
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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eng.pdf0 {& h/ A2 q0 Q4 e
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