Spencer Evans, general manager of Tofino’s Creative Salmon Farming Company Ltd, said an FDA official called his company on Friday and said the file is now closed, the Westcoaster reported.

“We can put this behind us and we can move forward,” said Mr Evans. “We apologise for any inconvenience this event may have caused our customers suppliers and our staff.”

On December 27, the FDA informed Creative Salmon it had found traces of malachite green – a potential carcinogen – in samples of chinook salmon fillets. Those samples were taken at the border on December 4.

Creative Salmon denied using the fungicide and then took further samples for testing in the presence of a B.C. fisheries officer. Those tests failed to detect the presence of malachite green.

On January 15, the FDA informed Creative Salmon it was reviewing its own positive results in Atlanta. On Friday, the FDA informed Creative Salmon that the review did not support the detention of the fillets.

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