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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
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is a contaminated fish
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have 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.- a8 P2 d2 E6 H3 x9 v3 Q' f
The CFIA( p. b h% m1 s l! _' Z
monitors all fish imports carefully, a
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all new importers and new species$ l: u- G" I i ]) h2 v
without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
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proved safe0 x* p9 O0 K3 p; @
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
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: g% h; {2 D! W( m- F6 ?introduced in the production process.8 N y$ W9 e5 k \$ D4 k
If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer* B& j6 q" x2 H# q3 b) L
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
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on th
4 F3 E; Q) U, a1 ie internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
( k; R% e7 J7 K6 w* ^$ K: \9 B4 Ttesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
( w# d7 I. c$ g9 e6 z4 X% b oeven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
4 P# V) p2 V, R* ~. J. b p0 Owould like to research this more.
) ]* `/ w6 ?* d G+ G9 ~+ L P2 AWe have
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5 |/ n3 E* A/ |: W6 {the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
/ ?2 x9 ]! U8 c3 m) j* ]contaminants that are tested for.
8 x& @6 o ^) P3 T6 k5 qWe have also* ~/ h; m2 [0 l# s4 Y5 T* S- Y; a
received a test report from our importer which# ^( W! {1 J, x I3 O u
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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Below, please find/ e) N* A( d" D3 C8 P7 X
copied7 y. y7 V0 T2 r8 {
sections, N+ L& D) N! x+ b" K+ H( x6 V
of the Health Canada website
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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) `2 ~) x1 S/ A: h$ u3 ^# S! y
and is near the bottom of the food chain: \$ x7 l) o5 _4 H* V& H
so seems unlikely to be
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The second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a
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" X2 t8 X! c+ U( Y1 z7 \% X! kand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low$ Q+ \$ [' w9 e. d+ C9 j) `
concentrations (it
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want to know more I have included the link ?" ?2 W9 C4 u, |# @
s
, Z! y/ h- H! Ato where this info is found.
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http://www.hc6 m' q# M- q+ L2 T o
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sc.gc.ca/fn
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an/alt_formats/hpfb
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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eng.pdf3 R- v8 S2 u! S, R* Z, p
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