In recent days I have been doing some research about the vitamin company Biotics Research Corportation.
This company is used widely by many alternative medicine doctors and chiropractors.
First according to this company's website (http://www.bioticsresearch.com) here are their claims about their products:
1. We maintain complete control over the selection of raw materials and the testing of ingredients prior to their approval for use in our products.
2. All incoming raw materials are subject to appropriate testing prior to their release for production. Tests conducted include identity, potency, biological activity, microbiological, including bacteria, yeast and mold (including aflatoxins) and heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead & mercury). Retained samples are maintained of all raw materials and finished products for future testing requirements (raw material stability and finished product expiration date verification).
3. Unlike many companies that are struggling to meet the new GMP requirements established by the FDA.--Here are the requirements.
If you noticed these supposed FDA requirements are for the regulation of medical products. If you go to the FDA website you can find that there is actually no regulation requirements for nutritional supplements so I would view this company's claim as false or wrong information.
So I called the company (800-231-5777). I spoke to Kelly.
Here are the questions I asked with her responses:
Are your supplements made from all natural raw materials? and if so can you guarantee it?
Most of our supplements contain raw materials, but it depends on what is available in the market. So we can't guarantee that every product every round will have the same amount of raw materials.
Do the ingredients in the supplements come from non-genetically altered materials which have been grown free from pesticides- are you able to guarantee it?
We can guarantee that our supplements do not come from genetically altered materials, but they are not organic.
Do you do your own testing or do you invest in 3rd party testing for purity and quality?
We do our own testing on-site for purity.
So you know where all your ingredients originate from?
No, we have several vendors we receive our individual ingredients from and then we test them here.
What are your quality standards for testing?
It would take me hours to explain that to you as it is different for every product.
How are your soy products produced? Are they heated?
We receive our soy from outside sources, but it is in the raw form. It is processed here at low temperatures.
What temperature is that at?
We don't give out that information.
Based on this information, you be the judge if this is a company you are comfortable with. For me personally I would not use this company based on their answers. For questions email me at: genesistohealth@comcast.net
