Smithfield BioScience conducts routine audits of all heparin raw material suppliers to ensure conformance to high quality standards. The heparin monitoring practices are in full compliance with FDA and European Guidance for the industry and stringent guidelines are in place to ensure all heparin raw material is derived from pigs that are:
- Fit for human consumption
- Raised and slaughtered in North America or Europe
- Traceable to the hog farms of origin
- Processed under USDA supervision or equivalent foreign authority