HACCP Certification for Jiva

Congratulations to Madhusudan and Rishi Pal Chauhan for securing HACCP certification for the Jiva Pharmacy this week. HACCP is a quality standard for manufacturing, similar to ISO. Jiva now manufactures over 200 medicines and health-related products (which you can check out here), and ships them to over 100 countries worldwide. It's been our goal to keep true to the original formulations in the traditional Ayurvedic literature, and at the same time, ensure they conform to the highest standards possible.

Wikipedia describes HACCP like this:

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and pharmaceutical safety that addresses physical, chemical, and biological hazards as a means of prevention rather than finished product inspection. HACCP is used in the food industry to identify potential food safety hazards, so that key actions, known as Critical Control Points (CCP's) can be taken to reduce or eliminate the risk of the hazards being realized. The system is used at all stages of food production and preparation processes including packaging, distribution, etc. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) use mandatory juice, seafood, meat and poultry HACCP programs as an effective approach to food safety and protecting public health. Meat and poultry HACCP systems are regulated by the USDA, while seafood and juice are regulated by the FDA. The use of HACCP is currently voluntary in other food industries.

So that's pretty big news. Nice going guys!