Quality Assurance

From its inception Maharishi Ayurveda Products (MAP) has been endeavouring to set the highest standards of quality, consistency, effectiveness and delivery. We use state-of-the-art manufacturing plants that are certified by independent international agencies. Maharishi Ayurveda Product’s certification includes:

The International Standard Organisation Certification ISO9001:2000 that ensures that Maharishi Ayurveda Products employs a system that meets the stringent requirements for consistency and quality in the design, production, and export of herbal products.

HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical control Points) Certification. This is a system that identifies the “critical control points” of the production process and certifies that these points are monitored so that products are free of health hazards.

WHO-GMP (World Health Organisation Good Manufacturing Practice) standards ensure that manufacturing process is conducted in accord to the necessary standards. The independent inspectors certify that Maharishi Ayurveda Products are “fault-free, safe and have consistent quality.”

ISO/IEC 17025:1999 is a Laboratory Management System that covers testing and calibration activities for physico-chemical, heavy metal, organo-chlorine pesticide and microbiological testing.

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MAP has selected the best geographical sources for its ingredients and checks the consistency of its finished products using GC and HPLC chromatographs and in this process has established a substantial library of chromatographic data.   

Maharishi Ayurveda Products in UK has a programme of retesting the products we import from MAP in India. The standards that we apply to these products are set out below. 

The above standards apply to all products manufactured by Maharishi Ayurveda Products Limited, India. Maharishi Technology Corporation , the manufacturer of several cosmetic and personal care products in Netherlands have very similar stardards to MAP-UK and we do not retest their products. For the main products we do regular tests for microbiology, heavy elements, and organochlorine pesticides or aflatoxins. Small batches are tested only for heavy elements and microbiology. Very small batches are tested for heavy elements. 

Maharishi Ayurveda Products UK Quality Standards  (Revised 13 Aug 2003)

 

 

Food

Food supplements

External

Herbal medicines (Ph. Eur. 5.1.4)

Product category     

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Parameter

Unit

Food

Pastes, syrups, ghees

Teas, tablets, powders

On lips

Other external

Teas

Other internal

External

TVC

per gram
T:10**6
M: 10**7
T:10**6
M: 10**7
T:10**6
M:107
T:10**6
M:10**7

T:10**6
M:10**7

10**7

10**5

M:10**2

Coliforms

per gram
T:100
M:10**4
T:100
M:10**4

T:100 M:10**4

T:100 M:10**4

T:100 M:10**4

    

M:10

E.coli

per gram
T:<1,
M:<10
T:<1,
M:<10

T:<1, M:<10

T:<1, M:<10

T:<1, M:<10

100

Absent

  

S. aureus

per gram

M:100

M:100

M:100

M:100

M:100

    

Absent

Salmonella

in 10 grams

Absent

Absent

Absent

Absent

Absent

  

Absent

  

Yeasts

per gram

T:10**3

T:10**3

T:10**3

T:103

T:103

      

Moulds

per gram

T:10**3

T:10**3

T:10**3, M:10**4

T:10**3, M:10**4

T:10**3, M:10**4

10**5

10**4

  

Pseudomonas

per gram

  >    

T:100, M:500

T:100, M:500

    

Absent
                   

Lead

mg/kg

0.02-1.0

3

10

10

20

      

Cadmium

mg/kg

0.5-1.0

1

2

2

4

      

Arsenic

mg/kg

1

2

5

5

10

      

Mercury

mg/kg

0.05-1.0

1

3

3

6

      

Tin

Mg/kg

50-200

50

200

200

200

      
                   

DDT + isomers

mcg/kg

500

500

500

200

200

      

 4,4-DDE  (MTC spec)

mcg/kg

200

200

200

200

200

  

 

alpha&beta HCH

mcg/kg

200

200

200

          

g HCH

mcg/kg

500

500

500

          

Heptachlor+epoxide

mcg/kg

50

50

50

          

Aldrin+Dieldrin

mcg/kg

50

50

50

          

Chlopyriphos ethyl (MTC spec)

mcg/kg

50

50

50

          

Aflatoxin B1

mcg/kg

2

5

5

          

Aflatoxins total

mcg/kg

4

10

10

          

Ochratoxins

mcg/kg

4

10

10