BI Nutraceuticals Certified Organic

LONG BEACH, Calif.--BI Nutraceuticals received organic certificationfor its manufacturing facility here from Quality Assurance International (QAI).The certification allows BI to manufacture and distribute certified organicproducts to the dietary supplement, food and pharmaceutical industries. QAI alsocertified BI's steam sanitation process, which reduces microbiological loadwithout the regulatory concerns associated with use of ethylene oxide orirradiation.

"We are continuing to support our customers and the industry withquality manufacturing operations, novel products and new processingtechniques," said Peter Hafermann, president of BI (www.botanicals.com)."Organic certification, along with our new sanitization process and new labtesting equipment for pesticide and heavy metals analysis, allows BI to provideour customers a truly unique product offering."