Is 5HTP free of Peak X?
R/ We can confirm that our 5 HTP is free of the contaminant Peak X. I enclose the information that you can find in our web and that it is applied in all our nutritional supplements. “All our products are manufactured under the GMP manufacturing standards” Good Manufacturing Practice “(quality control established by WHO). It is the best system to guarantee the quality of the medicines and is the best control that can assure the quality of the product that is received.
A) They involve the integral control of processing from the selection of raw materials, adequate facilities, techniques for processing, cleaning, staff training, packaging, labeling, transportation, storage and all that may directly or indirectly affect The product quality
B) The factory receives periodic, impromptu inspections by the UK Department of Health Medicines Agency, the body that controls the enforcement of these standards in England. They take lots of samples from different lots and analyze them.
C) The GMP standards do not constitute a legal requirement for the manufacture of food supplements, in addition they are very expensive, and because of this many manufacturers of nutritional supplements do not operate under these standards.
D) We have a team of expert buyers, who look around the world, and select the best raw materials in their natural form.
E) Each raw material comes to us with its corresponding Certificate of Analysis. In our laboratory several samples are taken and the power is analyzed by HPLC + and then passed to the analysis for the detection of pesticides, herbicides, microbial contamination, aflatoxins, fungi, dioxins, and contaminants such as heavy metals.