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........." we have heard of customers who have heard or
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is a contaminated fish
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. We
4 Y% T% I6 c0 O) ]$ Yhave looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may2 M7 w3 [& G1 p
even
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. X5 _0 C0 ^* stheir origin in a long running trade dispute., ~! q+ `4 K7 l" J9 p
The CFIA
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& B9 m( |3 b" j+ Mnd inspect
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without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often7 R2 T9 W8 l. h# d1 b; s
once they have/ m* ~6 `8 b+ m9 h. }1 e) s
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. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and
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2 {- A8 s( P" Z1 U* W. ^introduced in the production process.
' D# ]- S+ E3 W- B2 dIf customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer+ \( A* `7 Y9 T2 H: x. E! h
something like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian
: ^7 B' ^0 z( s( h& X$ {Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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+ y: r+ v7 x% ce internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing
2 n! _7 u c _testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may' g) x+ [, Q% o3 s% `
even direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they7 o6 U% J/ e. A* n
would like to research this more.) Z, H) F3 {- r, ]& T
We have5 n: s/ k( D! d2 H: {
review: U; I7 J0 }* Z' N6 u# Q- D( a/ H
ed
) C! y- w$ Z9 wthe CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and! c/ T6 ? U& @$ g9 q
contaminants that are tested for.$ ~/ p8 \0 Y H5 Z' K0 _
We have also
0 ?. z# `0 ]8 O% Z& vreceived a test report from our importer which
; F* d1 ^8 @" ]' _* P- a& yshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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6 ?$ h* j; a3 t' {5 b: u. VBelow, please find# W8 l) D4 q1 |; s! I
copied8 g3 e7 r( J$ |( b: c7 j
sections
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that should put this completely7 s, U' C! v% s1 T- v5 O
to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is. \+ h0 M0 {# e s$ R8 W5 `2 E x
not2 m! Z8 @3 x d8 G
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long lived fish2 z" V! H) h4 G' q# Z# G
and is near the bottom of the food chain* Z, V# S6 s1 }1 E' E
so seems unlikely to be
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9 H- O* f, S: g8 o6 H& o; }h mercury
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9 z* `' {0 G, C5 V; _; ^ cThe second section summarizes the mercury content
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c d4 C( g! @7 E9 O& kwide variety of fish5 E0 |$ D# d' J/ ]1 X
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$ p1 j/ j L! v( K& Eand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low1 ^+ c ?, g8 Z
concentrations (it
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4 G( K( }/ ]1 _. A, y3 g w. ks about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section/ w9 x3 [) F3 @1 u6 T5 Y! n6 P
contain
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asa). Over" O, l3 S1 c: K0 o7 \
.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
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0 V! A& t) @2 v2 P5 |* U/ S/ Q; V7 Sto where this info is found.. k7 B, h! b9 e* ^* T2 S
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml, Y) }7 D0 P. U8 W. n
http://www.hc
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sc.gc.ca/fn+ s6 M7 O' [8 e7 F7 x* z' K
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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