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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
! A3 D/ U$ R, s7 uread on the internet that Basa5 I' m% G) s! k: s& c# \3 S& Q
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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find
6 o1 o4 v# G7 J- P# f) htheir origin in a long running trade dispute.5 k3 L& _/ t7 }, I
The CFIA
0 U2 R7 l- u; d1 u* P" x0 A$ Vmonitors all fish imports carefully, a1 _: V" c/ S$ S1 [" \
nd inspect
# N# ~ o; g" J4 }1 K$ ]all new importers and new species
F+ _" y! S5 j7 ]* ]; n0 A+ kwithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
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proved safe% ~. U! r7 r& [3 z; `' f
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and# v& M' ]7 {3 t* z* h
those that may be
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( v2 r y5 G% d5 j. nIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer4 d9 e* U6 x: b9 \4 ~; H8 k
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian. v/ E- O ^+ A% o' e
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
B+ o! ], q6 K* t6 n# ftesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
3 ~5 n% e6 ]# |7 U! l" O* reven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
9 [' `2 D$ M# O3 Vwould like to research this more.: Q R% {* w" U! d, R, J3 n- ~
We have& V+ w* b# o& [; s! z
review
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and4 O' [- f6 r" R
contaminants that are tested for.
( `! B( M7 P6 s% l! T, x# bWe have also
# U" z; B- @/ ?received a test report from our importer which
6 i1 c6 t6 a7 y* d7 f1 B* bshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines7 b) C% _& q, e: P' K4 C
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Below, please find6 x" F) ] A" ^( r! n( H. Z
copied
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of the Health Canada website N% ?& p/ X$ o0 N5 ~: q9 _* `
that should put this completely7 I1 G$ Y2 x0 q' Q1 o
to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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long lived fish
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so seems unlikely to be
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h mercury
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! p/ |4 s s$ |8 T4 ^The second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a, y. X" a, k0 G* |8 p+ J; a
wide variety of fish- S) S+ k) X0 [( P2 a
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and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low; c4 ?4 |8 Q x& N U9 ]7 O, Y$ d
concentrations (it3 X8 t) g I7 W' \& {/ g
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section( j( n1 i+ }# P0 R6 Y# n
contain$ ?# f: u- }( n6 @1 n
ing B
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9 f4 ]* a1 s+ Y+ q9 dwant to know more I have included the link
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http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml$ c, U+ ~6 u" N' L' r
http://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn, {7 t4 F8 w! d0 c+ T6 w; E
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