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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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have looked into this and it is our belief these rumours are completely untrue and may0 ^6 w/ k8 M+ F- @% L% [, f
even
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their origin in a long running trade dispute.% O$ |' q& o* O% Z3 P
The CFIA6 u0 h6 K1 h8 C: h \, E! l
monitors all fish imports carefully, a4 r1 a7 z# r) S) u' n8 V
nd inspect
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0 h/ {, v6 g! b( I* {without fail. Ongoing shipments of seafood are inspected regularly, but less often4 ^4 F4 b" w9 ^' R5 r/ u! I
once they have! e# @, M. i$ N2 C' J) y. w; p6 p
proved safe$ W3 T, d8 \" V) \$ a2 ]
. These inspections cover a wide range of potential contaminants, both natural and5 z& q, `3 R' ]/ i
those that may be
4 F Z1 z5 I$ T! [+ G& r+ { qintroduced in the production process.4 Z* A" k; Q) ^8 I0 u5 i4 H
If customers are wondering about the Basa, it is suggested you answer
* a" z; c! z8 i: d' ?9 C6 Esomething like this; “Our Basa has been tested and meets the Canadian9 \0 I& n' C4 ]$ H1 v/ D7 T
Food Inspection Standards in all regards. There have been things posted
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e internet saying it may be contaminated with mercury but ongoing( ]8 C1 t4 j# S2 m6 E
testing has proved those to be completely false. Basa is safe.” You may
7 J0 X7 f# V7 O; d+ Aeven direct customers to the Health Canada and CFIA website if they
/ X, |$ v$ O( s3 S! owould like to research this more.: T% W7 S' O2 d/ [2 _, P
We have
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, i3 R. f$ _+ i! sthe CFIA website about the wide range of chemicals, metals, drugs, and4 {5 j' D7 q+ W" u" }4 Z1 t* R
contaminants that are tested for.
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! l; z7 g7 @2 U+ s1 P" h( jreceived a test report from our importer which
4 W: j5 E6 M% I% \- n0 d" Kshows that our Basa meets CFIA guidelines
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' R. T+ c- Y3 d1 UBelow, please find
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of the Health Canada website: @8 K5 R V j7 y6 i8 q
that should put this completely& s9 d; b# {# Z, q, p% c
to rest. The first section talks generally about where mercury is typically found. Basa is
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! O1 m0 K( k' [8 T% }3 Ylong lived fish
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contaminated
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The second section summarizes the mercury content
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6 }( F+ x4 u' ^6 m* E6 n7 wwide variety of fish7 v) ?9 W$ T+ _6 ~$ ^
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' h/ F) c$ I- o& aand Basa is at or below the .02 threshold that was used to show low
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s about 3 pages long so I only copied the top section
8 E, z8 ]9 l" | Gcontain
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asa). Over% F3 z* H6 f" a, @( u" K4 z
.05 is the regulated level where it is considered important to advise on consumption limits. If you
# G5 G* O# |' h; u. k) Hwant to know more I have included the link
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1 P( Z3 f3 U+ b3 t$ E! X! j4 Bto where this info is found.
' y( Z3 u+ I% P1 Ohttp://www.inspection.gc.ca/engl ... /import/inspe.shtml! M1 F Z" D4 q8 f8 w; x
http://www.hc# a e9 X2 z/ _
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dgpsa/pdf/nutr
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