What is gut microbiota? Probiotic bacteria and other microbes are referred to as the individual’s probiotic community, gut flora, friendly flora but scientifically referred to as the micro biome “microbiota”. The word microbiota represents an ensemble of microorganisms that resides in a previously established environment. Human beings have clusters of bacteria in different parts of the body, such as in ...
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QUALITY CERTIFICATION SERVICES Quality Certification Services (QCS) is a USDA and ANSI ISO Guide 17065 accredited certification body that offers a wide array of certification options for farming of crops, livestock, aquaculture, animal feed manufacturing, packing, handling and processing and wild harvest operations. As the largest certifier on the United States eastern seaboard, QCS meets the needs of operations regardless of type, ...
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What are some hallmarks of quality when selecting nutritional supplements? To understand the difference, it’s important to know that there are no published FDA GMP standards for dietary supplements under which products must be manufactured and sold. When a company states that they “follow” or “comply” with GMPs they are really stating that they are monitoring themselves. In contrast, GMP ...
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