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Control

Every claim on this website is a number on a sheet of paper.

Grade, moisture, purity, origin and analysis are recorded per lot — and the lot number follows the resin from the sorting table to the bill of lading.

Frankincense tears on the grading bench, sorted by size and colour
SpecificationWritten, per species
Moisture≤ 8 % · ≤ 10 % myrrh
Grade A purity≥ 99 % resin
PhotographsEvery commercial lot
LaboratoryEU partner, on contract
Counter-sampleSealed and retained
Plate 03 — Grading bench: tears sorted by size, colour and clarity

The control sequence

Six checks between the sack and the pallet


01Intake

Lot arrives from a named collection area with harvest window and species recorded.

02Cleaning

Bark, grit and non-resin material removed; siftings separated, not blended back.

03Grading

Hand-sorted by size, colour and clarity against the written species standard.

04Moisture

Measured per lot and recorded on the specification sheet before packing.

05Photography

Every lot photographed under the same lighting — this is what you approve.

06Analysis

GC/MS, microbiology, heavy metals and pesticide screening where the contract calls for it.

What is actually measured

Instruments, not adjectives


Test availability depends on the product, the lot, the destination and the agreed contract specification. Nothing on this page is represented as third-party certification unless it is named in the lot dossier.

Visual inspection

Appearance, tear or lump size range, colour class and visible non-resin content, judged against retained reference samples for each grade.

Moisture control

Measured at intake and again before packing. Frankincense is specified at ≤ 8 %, myrrh at ≤ 10 %.

Laboratory analysis

GC/MS volatile profile, microbiological counts, heavy metals and pesticide residues, arranged through our EU partner laboratory.

Document set

Commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin and lot dossier — issued ahead of arrival.

Traceability

One lot number links collection area, harvest window, grading record, photographs and shipping documents.

Retained samples

A sealed counter-sample of every commercial lot is retained so a claim can be settled against material, not memory.

The document

What a lot dossier looks like


Each commercial lot is issued with a dossier that a quality manager can file and a customs broker can use. It is deliberately dull: the same fields, in the same order, every time.

Where a contract requires analysis beyond appearance and moisture, the laboratory report is appended to the same dossier under the same lot number.

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Lot dossierHorn Resins · Bosaso
Lot no.
HR-26-MYD-0142
Species
Boswellia frereana
Commercial name
Maydi
Grade
Mushaad (A)
Collection area
Bari — Cal Madow escarpment
Harvest window
Second tapping
Net weight
1,000 kg — 40 × 25 kg
Appearance
Pale ivory to golden, 10–50 mm
Moisture
6.4 %
Foreign matter
0.3 %
Photographs
6 frames, standard lighting
Counter-sample
Sealed, retained 24 months
Documents
Invoice · packing list · B/L · phyto · CoO
Specimen — field values illustrative

Third-party

Certifications & membership


Halal-certified handling

Halal certification covers handling and processing for the covered products and activities.

IFEAT-member supply operation

IFEAT membership is held by the supply operation, connecting it to the international aroma-trade industry.

Certificate scope and copies are confirmed per product, origin and destination during quotation. See certifications & compliance for the full statement.

Buyer questions

Before you write the specification


Can I approve material before it ships?

Yes — that is the normal sequence. We photograph the lot, send a pre-shipment sample, and load only against your written approval. The retained counter-sample is sealed at the same time.

Do you supply GC/MS results?

Where the contract calls for it. Analysis is arranged through our EU partner laboratory and appended to the lot dossier under the same lot number.

What do the A / B / C grades mean?

They are commercial shorthand only. Ordering is against the species-specific names — Mushaad, Mujarwal, Siftings for Maydi; Select, First, Distillation for Beeyo; Select, First, Industrial for myrrh.

Which documents come with a shipment?

Commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin and the lot dossier. Fumigation certificate where the destination market requires it.

How is the material packed?

Food-grade PE liner inside woven PP or jute, heat-sealed where applicable, lot-labelled with species, grade, net weight, harvest window and traceability code, then palletised.

Send us your specification.

If you already have a written spec, send it as it is. We will tell you plainly which grade meets it and which does not.

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