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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
9 u8 X* A) S8 _: R2 Tread on the internet that Basa
8 O6 i& k; m: h' Z% Eis a contaminated fish
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) u5 \, G. U" \2 ehave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may8 k( u2 F9 s. G G5 S; \" O. T
even3 ]2 y- B; N# W$ e$ e6 H% W
find
* u8 W6 E2 Z" V7 L ltheir origin in a long running trade dispute.
! [% ^6 G2 E& `, D/ \0 o) hThe CFIA6 O( b- j4 o* ~1 o2 i N
monitors all fish imports carefully, a1 u0 [# e/ h, m4 J t
nd inspect+ T4 _3 ~7 N- H: U- l
all new importers and new species% R9 S# C7 X; H
without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often2 D3 \ f7 m. j2 K
once they have; J; e' X* z9 ?% c% X& h
proved safe; n* B4 g% Q4 ?( z: ?
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and& s/ k5 t/ G) U% G2 v( ?# V
those that may be
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If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer o, m# M2 ~% v5 V
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
: j6 q2 P/ i5 r4 L" g: w) [Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted8 U9 {) r- a1 w5 i9 ~- n3 t3 {
on th
( K- { v+ Q! [" y- O2 H2 _e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing2 Y/ L- a% s/ R, E' H* v
testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may' a# w. G# q+ @2 x, a1 _
even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
4 a4 c; b8 L) g! n% ?would like to research this more.5 A$ F9 m; I9 P: |, g: y
We have0 N: r" d6 J3 n8 Q+ s
review
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/ M2 o% T6 C9 |0 a! ~2 k0 }the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
: j( A% I" U& O# {# s5 `contaminants that are tested for.
. p8 a# E8 ^( I5 U: BWe have also
8 z- [; e1 z3 \) H7 oreceived a test report from our importer which
* ^. Q8 N ^# D: g) l2 Oshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines R+ O* Y# w* u
.
# s0 A' [! y7 }8 O. eBelow, please find
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sections0 ?0 J2 ]: y% F. J( X
of the Health Canada website* q0 y: Q6 `" I- w# m( n3 H
that should put this completely
( g" t0 b& F6 V4 q1 I3 y+ y. L% Zto rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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a
# ]& T' F0 e. J! k' }' C3 elong lived fish, [9 h2 j5 R& D, z3 F: P0 ^$ N$ K
and is near the bottom of the food chain. m* y2 S4 d0 l) M1 n! h
so seems unlikely to be: s& k3 d! u+ D" l" O |
contaminated1 G/ ]- N$ v& W9 M2 T. u9 \$ @
wit; G" [, g5 _, K5 ? {
h mercury
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The second section summarizes the mercury content
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wide variety of fish* `- R% T9 b( C" P+ ^
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, X6 Z5 o2 e7 \( d3 U5 [6 Zand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
5 b2 ^* u. @1 ~+ ` R- ^' Q; M6 jconcentrations (it
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; ?5 c4 `* _4 Ys about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
7 C* v' K6 h6 ?+ Zcontain
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, i+ V$ \4 u G4 m! `$ D O7 D9 ?asa). Over
6 ^4 @& S) ?* b' N% S/ _. F) s C.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you% a" _6 k" M7 [
want to know more I have included the link5 _# o% p( e, y
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to where this info is found.
& u8 Y' J2 v3 B" _* G4 nhttp://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
' d1 M# @7 s$ v* `" k! j# Yhttp://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn) A3 Z6 ]0 r- N9 V
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an/alt_formats/hpfb
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr! \: a0 T' j. H, f; v: n' l
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