Kosher and Halal Multivitamins

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Kosher and Halal Multivitamins for Pregnant Women

By Mark Isaac Thyss
Garden of Healing®

Canadian firm receives Kosher and Halal certification for prenatal multivitamins.

Duchesnay, a Québec, Canada firm, is the first and only pharmaceutical company in Canada to receive Kosher certification from the Kashruth Council of Canada (COR) and Halal certification from the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) for its prescription prenatal multivitamins PregVit folic 5 and PregVit.

With this news, Jewish and Muslim women now have access to a family of prenatal vitamin and mineral supplements that comply with their religious beliefs and related food standards. Jewish and Muslim populations in Canada are approximately 350,000 and 1 million respectively.

Company spokesperson Christine Walter explained how the “very complex process” to produce PregVit folic 5 and PregVit took more than one year due to comply with standards. Every one of the two products’ ingredients had to reach exacting standards of food set by both religions.

To be certified Kosher and Halal, the 27 active and inactive ingredients of the formulas had to comply with the requirements of the Jewish and Muslim religious laws pertaining to food.

The ingredients contained in PregVit folic 5 and PregVit do not contain animal by-products from pork, bovine or chicken.

Manufacturing, packaging and handling processes meet certification standards, and the PregVit folic 5 and PregVit manufacturing site is subject to periodic inspections from the certification agencies.

In addition, to meet the needs of thousands of women with celiac disease or with lactose intolerance, PregVit folic 5 and PregVit do not contain gliadin-gluten, lactose or tartrazine.

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About Duchesnay: http://www.duchesnay.com/

Based in Laval, Québec, Duchesnay is the first pharmaceutical company to dedicate itself exclusively to pregnant women and their newborns, to ensure that expecting women who require pharmacological treatments for pre-existing or pregnancy-related diseases have access to proper counselling and to medications that are proven safe for them and for their newborns.