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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
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, with particular emphasis on mercury
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have looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may. B$ J& H. v$ J% Z3 T" F. r. S
even
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their origin in a long running trade dispute.9 d" U. J2 o; k6 K) j L2 W
The CFIA
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all new importers and new species
9 L% K$ o# `$ R4 d6 y" c( `& Pwithout fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often
; U" l- i/ i* G& O/ Q( {6 ~once they have
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- p$ j7 y# M% \3 d$ q. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and0 N$ C- o! Z4 |! s
those that may be p" {4 R. o" Q3 B0 w
introduced in the production process.
4 C: Z) b% c) JIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
. }. {$ A: q6 I. h) @3 Bsomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
5 [( G& w5 [! `, f; KFood Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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; _6 ~# m3 P2 I$ o" [# d- Ie internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
; P8 K4 t! z3 ] V% I/ O: Ltesting has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
D0 S/ N# Z: q* geven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they* }; y8 o: }8 l9 b
would like to research this more.
. Z- h: r Y1 k+ P+ f$ DWe have
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the CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and
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received a test report from our importer which
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Below, please find3 |; }8 C E! p0 T
copied
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of the Health Canada website
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* R% u6 R7 h3 Y6 @) }to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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and is near the bottom of the food chain7 D4 c$ L/ ~8 w' X- f, c
so seems unlikely to be
4 P h o3 y7 Fcontaminated
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8 j0 Y' p5 b; v, YThe second section summarizes the mercury content6 p* i. [6 S* V$ M, t% O" T) n2 r
actually found in testing' [, F% n- a2 J' I
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wide variety of fish# l. c. }) V7 V* g Q
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, F# j% o1 [0 k8 Y9 Xand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
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" a0 E. @( r2 X6 fs about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
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asa). Over( n! X% g: C. ^, k( t
.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.+ L" c( B5 y4 j
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml! ~* C$ `( y( A/ w9 G; J
http://www.hc" B. e* @" Z& B5 j% l# i0 }
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