Question 1

Product of what country?  product of?  made in?......most products made in the usa proudly label; i don't see any "product of" on the pictured label.

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Hi,
I have bought this Hawthorn several times because it seems the best choice of all available, but aside from the American flag on the box, I have noticed there is no "Made in USA" label, too.  So after I received your question, I looked over my last box, and found the following:  "Manufactured for Pure Mountain Botanicals...Cheyenne, Wyoming" and a phone number and an American flag on the flap
A hand-signed note included with the box, which says:  ...As a small family business we are passionate about bringing you the best possible supplements to help improve your life....We are here to help if you have any questions.  Feel free to contact us..." followed by an email address and a phone number.  It was signed Rob and Shelley Griffin.  I called and left a message at Rob's voicemail.  Within a hour I had a return call from Rob Griffin.

He told me that they receive whole hawthorn berries from 2 certified organic farm sources in 2 countries, and I should have written them down.  One was Peru, I think, and I don't remember the other one.  But it wasn't China.  He said that unlike most other hawthorn mfgrs, they crush their own berries at their facility; most other places buy already processed hawthorn.  They test everything at their place in Cheyenne, WY.  They are a small family business.  As they add no magnesium stearate or other additives, I buy from them.  I do wish I had asked why they don't get their hawthorn from the U.S., but I didn't think of it.  But he did tell me that unless the product is both sourced in the U.S. and manufactured here, they can't put "Made in U.S." on the bottle.  Hence the confusion in the labeling.  Hope this helps, and thank you for asking because it clarified things for me, too.

Question 2

is this made only from berry, or flower and leaf are included too?

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Ingredients says hawthorn berry (great product!). To be safe & for full info, the phone # is 1-888-345-2757 (Cheyenne, Wy). I spoke to owner in 2018, VERY nice & helpful. Leave your number or keep calling if you don't get through. You will be glad you did, imo.

Question 3

Are the pits removed or are they included in the final product?

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Hello!

The capsules contain 500mg of organic hawthorn berry and nothing else.

Question 4

Is this product 3 rd party tested ?

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Most of our qc testing and analysis is handled by our in-house team located at the manufacturing plant. The team currently has 11 people with over 100 years of experience collectively. Our testing equipment cost over a half million dollars and includes equipment such as FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy) and GC (gas chromatography). Furthermore, the technicians and analysts regularly attend industry webinars and seminars in order to keep current on industry practices and advancements.

At Pure Mountain Botanicals we guarantee what’s on the label is in the product. We test 100% of our ingredients and finished products. 
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What testing do you do on materials and products?
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Ingredients, in process formulas and finished products are tested according to the GMP requirements and beyond, to ensure the quality of the product, and verify that product meets the established specifications for identity, purity, strength, and composition.
How do you identify botanicals?
Botanicals are identified using the most appropriate method for that botanical and can include morphology, microscopy, high performance thin layer chromatography and organoleptic analysis.
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What summarizes your quality control?
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Over the years we’ve built strong relationships with organic farmers and ethical wild harvesters around the world in order to ensure the most recently harvested and most potent plants for our herbal extracts and essential oils. And we source clean GMP compliant ingredients for our vitamin, mineral and nutraceutical raw material ingredients. We accept mostly whole plants and grind them in-house, use the most effective extraction techniques, and test 100% of our ingredients and products.
What are the qualifications of our manufacturing facility and testing used? 
•	FDA OTC registered (We could actually make pharmaceutical drugs – But we don’t.); NSF GMP certified; KOF-K kosher certified; Certified organic; Non-GMO; Gluten-free; Allergen Testing; Pesticide Testing
When you get a shipment from Pure Mountain Botanicals, can you be certain that what’s on the label is what’s inside?
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We test 100% of the ingredients that come in to our facility. Then we test each formulation and finished product to ensure that it remains pure, potent, and stable. Our team uses more than a dozen different tests at our in-house microlab to evaluate ingredients and products, including:
•	FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy) – helps identify chemicals or compounds.
•	GC (gas chromatography) – measures chemical spectrum and potency, and is often used for testing essential oils.
•	HP-TLC (high performance thin layer chromatography) – identifies the genus and species of a plant.
•	HPLC (higher potency layer chromatography) – isolates chemical markers to measure the potency of a plant compound, vitamin or mineral.
•	ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) – quantifies the amount of heavy metal in a raw material.
•	Microscopy – helps identify the genus and species of whole botanicals by looking at cell structure.
•	Macroscopy –identifies the genus and species of a whole plant.
•	Microbiological testing – shows the count of aerobic bacteria, yeast, mold, e-coli, staph, and salmonella in raw and finished goods.
•	Organoleptics – uses taste, color, and smell as quality markers in raw materials and finished goods.
•	Titration – measures vitamin or mineral potency.
•	UV-VIS (ultraviolet visible spectroscopy) – measures the amount of a specific compound in a plant.

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