Recommended Microbial Limits for Botanical Ingredients …

Recommended Microbial Limits for Botanical Ingredients (in colony-forming units (cfu)/g). AHPA 2014. [Current as of July 2012]. Organization AHPA NSF/ANSI USP WHO EHIA EP AHPA USP. Dried, unprocessed Powdered Botanical Dried or Untreated crude Powdered herbs for use as Botanical Plant material ingredient, powdered intended for further NA NA Botanical Ingredients in extracts non-extract botanicals processing extracts dietary and soft supplements extracts NA or 105-107 as per 7 7 5. Total aerobic Microbial count 10 10 10 specific NA NA 104 104. monographs 105 (mold Total combined yeast & mold propagules);. 105 105 103 NA NA 103 103. count Occasionally 104 for specific monographs Enterobacteria count (bile- 104 (Total 102 (Total 104 103 103 NA NA NA. tolerant Gram-negative bacteria) coliforms) coliforms). Not Not detected in Absence Absence Escherichia coli 102** 104 NA NA detected 10 g* in 10 g in 10 g in 10 g*.

botanical ingredients, non-extract Containing botanical ingredients Plant materials for internal use Herbal supplements in solid form consisting of powdered extracts or soft extracts Containing botanical extract Total aerobic microbial count 107 104** 105** 107 104 105 104 104 Total combined yeast & mold count 105 102** 104** 105 103 103 103 103

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