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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or& y% q- l0 F8 {0 q
read on the internet that Basa
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, with particular emphasis on mercury
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have looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may
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4 i Q8 r( x# {( v I) ctheir origin in a long running trade dispute.
) ~& @, R! B) H& b% ~The CFIA
4 v8 y: ?- `$ N- v+ A" tmonitors all fish imports carefully, a
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all new importers and new species
, J/ `" B z1 b% ywithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often1 c" T! A6 ?* ~' J3 Y
once they have& g9 y0 W5 B' Q c/ P
proved safe
* I( J9 v& o% i! J1 r& H1 b* }. s( G( g. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
- U" y0 o5 U, b$ wthose that may be
. ?) v* o9 j- ?% R% K& vintroduced in the production process.
0 E- n' a/ S: A: J! iIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
, \2 \$ U! p% Z# isomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian0 N+ t2 ^. a2 A: u. E
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted" s0 z" E5 }& N' O- G8 i% I
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e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing! h9 t, ~6 i, u3 K( ^. T6 A2 t
testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
0 k' Z+ ~/ S5 V' Leven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
/ W/ k" l7 ^% Dwould like to research this more.
9 K% v; d# f8 r! V4 X- _ A; iWe have
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ed
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contaminants that are tested for.
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' h$ j% N g. [) h6 ?/ Xreceived a test report from our importer which
* ]0 v/ j7 X, X: K- [/ h1 Nshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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+ ]! L3 G6 k! u$ U4 {/ L6 FBelow, please find
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of the Health Canada website0 v$ ^9 v6 \( A% V
that should put this completely5 H# b3 ^9 x: c' z! ]; o8 ?
to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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( [& j6 n3 y7 }+ `+ z' Zlong lived fish
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so seems unlikely to be: p4 U% B# ~2 A+ w3 I
contaminated# B4 r' _+ Y/ d7 ]
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h mercury
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The second section summarizes the mercury content
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2 E7 M, @, y# J" v: G$ k2 m# wwide variety of fish3 V) s9 F" X6 }4 K1 F
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and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
# U A* k+ U Bconcentrations (it
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
; Z4 i, _- @+ _0 v2 } qcontain
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3 M, j, q/ _0 @, `% \6 a" d6 w.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you$ B# U$ W0 R( q* }( W' B* J- p3 D
want to know more I have included the link
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1 ?8 j4 [* B# M, dto where this info is found.
* M" R! d' q5 s/ ]( F9 R2 Ihttp://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml, l; s( `" C7 M+ N. L, j; z0 A3 J
http://www.hc
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an/alt_formats/hpfb
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr# \+ Y# D, s" c6 e0 u
ition/merc_fish_poisson: s/ p" n6 L" t' d1 k+ {
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