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Better Nutrition

| September 01, 2002 | Lewandowski, Joe | COPYRIGHT 2002 PRIMEDIA Intertec, a PRIMEDIA Company. All Rights Reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In the lush farmland of the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, workers at Oregon's Wild Harvest tend to 70 different types of herbal plants. After they're picked, the organically grown herbs are sent to the company's quality assurance lab where they're identified, inspected and tested for pathogens such as E. coli, fecal coliform, salmonella, aerobic bacteria, yeasts and molds.

After the herbs are milled into powder, they're tested again. Some of the powder is packaged into capsules--which also are subject to testing.

"People who are taking herbs might have weakened immune systems, so we're very prudent. We don't want to cause them any problems," says ...

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