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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or. z/ g. c5 E# D8 I! k% E
read on the internet that Basa
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have looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may$ |3 }) a& h* u8 t1 }
even
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their origin in a long running trade dispute.
" ?3 L- ?% @+ F2 H3 N! k# HThe CFIA
' | {$ v/ r0 n$ |2 p: Cmonitors all fish imports carefully, a
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% L8 C# ~" j9 N4 l2 w4 V" N! _. Y jall new importers and new species
Z# y- v; ]1 `+ y% Q5 vwithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
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proved safe
1 S% B5 r8 a& ?7 h% o |# ?. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
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introduced in the production process.
+ f5 Z4 E) N) ~If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
* _3 [0 I! w2 T7 xsomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
4 {! s, ] I6 V6 ^3 ^) H O+ [9 SFood Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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+ Z! V# n/ |7 l) qe internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing/ ^$ E( C, U' I8 u
testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
) |8 N, b$ A% v; jeven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
/ s/ y% N1 H6 M8 X: Vwould like to research this more.
+ a+ O# Z2 N% C1 J; R' v$ ^. xWe have1 ]3 A' S+ r7 o- }% ^! q' b
review1 V, l+ i4 Y6 P; [9 T, b" T5 Y
ed
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contaminants that are tested for.
' T( W; j0 k1 [+ XWe have also6 T) `8 G& Q- j+ O/ x5 d6 A o/ a
received a test report from our importer which
5 P4 I, e! d& U8 K5 B* p! oshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines* m- E* W5 _- {5 C' `, J+ H/ {
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' D- ^5 x$ A& R9 S% Y+ e+ ] MBelow, please find8 M4 o1 T. @9 u/ l+ Y. Q
copied n: E! n; i ]" r. U# [$ N* V" n
sections1 Q( D# m- U4 K3 _3 u
of the Health Canada website
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to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
" _8 U2 ^! V0 Cnot
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long lived fish
7 A% l6 V& M) \. }8 J/ y! r# X! Cand is near the bottom of the food chain
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h mercury2 n* u, s& K& @% ^; K. V) y# _) ?
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# ^: B; E4 m: r+ Y: ?. VThe second section summarizes the mercury content
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in a
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and Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
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1 q4 v2 f9 E7 C% d n: ws about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
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asa). Over
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want to know more I have included the link
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0 a3 v% X# V7 v7 ]5 Mto where this info is found.: x/ k, l& W, N- c2 C
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml
% |8 ?" [7 f- Z2 X9 w- N2 Ahttp://www.hc& w) M1 U9 A" B2 d6 G* }2 J
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr+ g* [: Q6 g* A
ition/merc_fish_poisson
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