Quality and Satisfaction is Always Our Priority
Quality and Satisfaction is Always Our Priority
From wild collection to shipment: the seven stages a dried drug passes through at Organicure — harvest, intake, species check, drying, cleaning, sieving, baling.
Seven stages separate a plant being collected in the mountains from a bale being loaded into a container. Each stage below sets out what is done and what is checked.
Plants are harvested from mountainous areas by collector teams who know both the region and the species. Harvest timing differs by species: oregano and sage at flowering, nettle before flowering, horsetail in summer while the shoot is still sterile. A harvest made at the wrong time cannot be corrected at any later stage.
Incoming material is weighed, recorded with its collection area and date, and assigned a lot number. That number travels with the material through to shipment.
At intake the lot is checked for single-species composition. Admixture of look-alike species is the most common risk in wild collection, and the distinction becomes harder as the material dries and breaks down. Doubtful material is removed from the lot.
Drying takes place in ventilated, temperature-controlled conditions away from direct sunlight. The aim is twofold: to preserve colour and essential oil, and to reach a moisture level that prevents mould. The interval between harvest and the start of drying is kept as short as possible, and the plant's proximity to the harvest region is what makes that possible.
After drying, stems, twigs, prickles and foreign matter are separated. This is the stage at which the stem ratio and foreign matter limits in the buyer's specification are met.
The material is sieved and separated into fractions by particle size. Whole leaf, cut leaf and powder fractions go to different buyer groups; a herbal tea producer and an extraction plant do not request the same fraction.
Graded material is baled and labelled with its lot number. A sample is retained from the lot before shipment and kept on file; it serves as the reference should the buyer raise any feedback.
No. What is described above is Organicure's own processing and control flow, not an audit by an independent certification body. If you are planning a supply programme that requires certification, this should be discussed before the order.
