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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or \- N" }" P7 A8 N
read on the internet that Basa
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% C& Q* B4 c$ C; Yhave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may, V5 S, s( k# d
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their origin in a long running trade dispute.
4 w1 } }2 P: u( ^% EThe CFIA1 R2 v7 _+ ~2 Z& h7 v& d
monitors all fish imports carefully, a7 G/ z+ b7 q, u4 z) v9 @ n
nd inspect
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without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
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proved safe
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those that may be
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If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
1 z% L* _3 }% l0 \. X2 [" `7 Usomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
( Q n5 t! r. n; x& FFood Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted1 X. |; x( ?/ S- k" a1 w# m
on th
( W/ ~7 k& `6 ]+ x& me internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
- P, @4 O/ ]5 X* J, z s) \/ ytesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
/ |4 \! t$ c8 _2 C$ Ueven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
, T$ w; F; C7 | L) b; q+ Gwould like to research this more.% e. J( W# s5 o. e/ h2 K
We have! A' |$ R: Q- Q# O
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and5 i6 \5 o0 K* v
contaminants that are tested for.
+ }7 O0 ~# C& E nWe have also
) J" {9 ^" t5 k/ j2 {. D+ rreceived a test report from our importer which9 O$ B+ `/ E6 U r# N; I
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines7 y9 V7 Q8 I! y0 f! v# O* I
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+ u/ x; F. E3 B' F) {3 TBelow, please find
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to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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long lived fish" u' `) r& @4 b
and is near the bottom of the food chain
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contaminated
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h mercury$ R$ |6 G- ^* S5 d* A" i
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The second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a: T. |& D" j6 x
wide variety of fish C: B5 |5 k& M5 C
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* C/ M; T5 V8 V5 A; {: vand 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 section1 j. Q' p) B5 ~6 e4 I( b
contain" _1 y7 c1 O% h* m7 v1 i; p2 M
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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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to where this info is found.# H4 O8 E9 ~3 W6 q' x M
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
, v9 y5 h- J' k( s6 i# e( ]http://www.hc9 v3 c6 L; R, E. t0 E$ s; c
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sc.gc.ca/fn. Z" ^4 f4 l; Y( K6 w
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an/alt_formats/hpfb4 ~% I+ L( M6 ^: R+ M" g; N; C5 f+ d; k
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