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December 1, 2005: Canada: Consumers' Association calls for ban on imports of "cancer causing" fish products
Canada: Consumers' Association calls for ban on imports of "cancer causing" fish products
01 December, 2005 - THE Consumers' Association of Canada has called on the Canadian Government to immediately ban the further importation of certain fish products from China and Vietnam after malachite green was found in fish purchased at Canadian supermarkets.
"A cancer causing banned fungicide, malachite green, is being used by fish farmers in some Asian countries, particularly Vietnam and China", Bruce Cran, President of the Association reportedly said. "Independent lab tests of these fish purchased at Canadian supermarkets have shown that consumers are being sold these contaminated fish."
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is the Federal watchdog responsible for the safety of the Canadian food supply. In tests carried out this year by the CFIA of farmed fish from Vietnam, 43% of fish tested were contaminated with malachite green.
Mr Cran said the CFIA is testing just five fish out of the many thousands in each shipment.
"If the five fish tested happen to be clean ones the rest of the shipment has then been approved for sale even though it can be full of contaminated fish," he said.
"That"s what happened recently when these fish from an approved shipment were purchased at a British Columbia supermarket. These shipments went through the CFIA inspection process, were approved, then sold to consumers even though they were contaminated. This is not acceptable.
"No further imports of these fish should be allowed from these countries until there is clear evidence that these substances are no longer being used."
www.fishupdate.com is published by Special Publications. Special Publications also publish European Fish Trader, Fishing Monthly, Fish Farming Today, Fish Farmer, the Fish Industry Yearbook, the Scottish Seafood Processors Federation Diary, the Fish Farmer Handbook and a range of wallplanners.
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