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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
) b3 H& x6 [0 |. zread on the internet that Basa5 d( n; d9 p2 z% g z$ T6 B: m! A- _
is a contaminated fish
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. We
6 U( O, o3 B# Uhave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may; q( U5 J; `: m% P$ K2 G/ V: t
even" q% S; |; Y& u, C' ?
find
7 C) @+ k0 g8 }* Ltheir origin in a long running trade dispute.( B* \2 G$ q. W* U
The CFIA
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nd inspect
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without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often/ p- }" q( ~( Z! U* U, F# h
once they have5 F$ n" q- {9 t: U8 k
proved safe4 `$ e1 V) c( M, a1 J
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and# E9 |, S6 ]5 J$ R8 y
those that may be5 _: u: G; o& C
introduced in the production process.
0 z/ Z: i7 X/ P) ]' M5 N9 HIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer6 m/ t O8 d! `" ?% U8 X
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian2 S& J6 W3 n0 w: e' O
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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/ n/ r7 A; V3 P2 s6 W( ae internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
2 A) i8 ?# e$ S( Ltesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
: s4 s3 c4 f+ Heven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
y* b- g) v- q; X- U, d& }# hwould like to research this more.# `9 b* M5 t2 @/ s1 Q, K& o) S7 R' F% G
We have- ^) J& y+ i& t
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ed6 }! Z0 u r0 v6 S) e
the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and, o" A, ? f) n* r
contaminants that are tested for.$ q, N( ?% D0 s) L k* B# H
We have also3 Z+ ~( }( T( n* L
received a test report from our importer which2 R8 t7 j3 c+ I4 n$ Q1 u
shows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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Below, please find
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sections
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to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is4 @+ t4 E F2 ]5 \) M: a
not
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long lived fish
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so seems unlikely to be
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! N4 t' i" i; H* h# Z, N6 E: @1 sThe second section summarizes the mercury content
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5 ]7 y, S T! f/ J2 Lwide variety of fish7 }; q6 B, k' V* h6 o9 I
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$ G7 n6 g. r e1 F' V/ ^3 l" P5 xand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low2 H) b" l. I6 ?5 D9 O! d! e
concentrations (it* r4 ^# Z. x5 W: a# C k/ x3 [
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section6 {% |6 n6 n4 q+ Z
contain
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, e1 W! j! T9 T; I.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.* d, M6 L* c0 c3 Y- @
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml$ U$ Y8 A5 Q3 H- G, G
http://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn ]% O8 n7 Z" ?- T+ N# q/ m
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an/alt_formats/hpfb; d( \9 a9 K7 _4 o1 n! P" X
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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