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By VAL ANDERSONThere has been concern about raising mercury levels in the Great Salt Lake (Aug. 9 Associated Press news article, "Poisoned lake: A study is under way to determine the toxic mercury source"). Mineral Resources International, Inc. (MRI), owned by the Anderson family, that has invented mineral supplements using Utah's great salt, recognizes that consumers demand that the products they ingest are pure and safe.
For these reasons, the Anderson family companies, MRI, NorthShore Limited Partnership (NorthShore), has developed proprietary methods to ensure that the minerals MRI markets for consumption are free of unsafe heavy metal contaminants.
The Andersons and their companies are the only mineral harvesters to undergo the U.S. Food and Drug Administration process so that their products are generally recognized as safe, which means MRI's mineral concentrates can be used as food ingredients.
This process involved a panel review by top-level-reconized toxicology experts who examined MRI's analytical data, product specifications and safety data, and endorsed the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) designation.
Further, one of the laboratory assays MRI performs (through an independent, third-party lab) is the heavy metals safety test for minerals in the U.S. Food Chemicals Codex. All of MRI's Great Salt Lake source minerals pass this test, which we disclose on our product labels. The Andersons are the only mineral harvesters who employ their own full-time lab to perform numerous quality-assurance tests throughout the harvesting process.
MRI's mission is to improve global well-being through mineral nutrition. MRI employs numerous highly qualified Americans in the production of its products and not only sells its products in the U.S., but throughout the world.
Anderson is executive vice-president and director of sales and marketing of Mineral Resources International, Inc. in Ogden.
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