Bengaluru, India—Sabinsa’s four Sami Labs manufacturing sites in India were recently audited by the Certification Body, Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS—UK Branch, and achieved FSSC 22000 (Foundation Food Safety System Certification 22000), which replaces the previous ISO 22000: 2005—FSMS achieved by the facilities until 2018, according to a press release.

The FSSC 22000 consists of ISO 22000: 2005; ISO TS 22002-1:2009; Prerequisite programmes on food safety Part 1: Food manufacturing; and several additional FSSC 22000 requirements. The certifications at the Kunigal, Dobaspet, and Hyderabad sites are applicable to the scope of “manufacture of standardized herbal extracts, herbal extract intermediates, and dietary ingredients.” The Nelamangala certification is for “manufacturing of standardized herbal extracts and intermediates, production and packaging of probiotics and enzymes, and probiotic derived products.”
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Sabinsa founder Dr. Muhammed Majeed said in the press release: “Although we have a number of country-specific certifications, harmonized standards certification is important because we sell our ingredients throughout the world. And FSSC is appropriate, as our ingredients are increasingly used in functional food and beverage products, and in several countries herbal products are regulated as a class of foods.”