USP-grade NaCl for IV saline manufacturing — South Asia
How Egypt Globe Group supplied 240 MT of pharmaceutical-grade NaCl 99.9% (USP / BP / EP / GMP) to a leading Indian IV saline manufacturer with full lot…
The brief
An Indian generic-pharma manufacturer needed 240 MT of pharmaceutical-
grade NaCl 99.9% for IV saline + dialysis fluid production. Spec: USP /
BP / EP monograph compliant, heavy metals Pb ≤ 0.5 ppm, As ≤ 0.3 ppm,
Cd ≤ 0.1 ppm, Hg ≤ 0.05 ppm, GMP-traced lot genealogy from feedstock to
finished drum, double-PE-lined fibre drums for moisture control.
The challenge
- Ultra-pure spec — most rock-salt grades hit 99% NaCl, getting to
99.9% requires vacuum-evaporation
- Heavy-metal precision — pharma-grade limits are 10× tighter than
food-grade
- Lot genealogy — every drum must trace back through the
vacuum-evap line → wash → feedstock mine to a specific date / batch
- Packaging — double-PE-lined fibre drums (not standard PP bags) to
prevent moisture pickup during transit
How we executed
- Source — Siwa Oasis rock-salt feedstock with on-site pre-screen
for outlier blocks
- Process — wash → re-crystallize → vacuum-evaporate at 99.9%
purity, lab-test every 5 MT
- Heavy metals — ICP-MS analysis on every batch; documented under
USP <232> elemental impurities
- Packaging — 25 kg double-PE-lined fibre drums (not PP woven),
palletized + shrink-wrapped, ISPM 15-stamped pallets
- Documentation — USP / BP / EP / JP monograph compliance
certificate per batch + GMP audit trail + Halal certificate (Indian
market preference)
- Logistics — 40-ft container, Damietta → Mumbai, sea route
The numbers
- Volume: 240 MT (initial trial), follow-on 500 MT/yr framework
agreement
all under spec
- Lead time: 5 weeks (vacuum-evap is slower than standard
refining, but agreed up-front)
- Drums delivered intact: 100% — moisture pickup zero across the
shipment
What the buyer said
"The level of documentation rigour matches what we get from EU pharma-grade suppliers, at a 25% lower delivered cost. Egypt Globe is now our primary source."
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Quality at the Core — how this shipment was verified
Every consignment Egypt Globe Group ships passes the same five verification gates. The evidence set below is what the buyer in this case study received; it is the same set issued on every contract, because the group has operated with an internal Quality Assurance division since its 2014 incorporation and treats a lot outside specification as a lot that does not load.
| Gate | Control | Evidence issued | Who · frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Extraction / source | Source sampling on every production lot | Source laboratory · per lot |
| 2 | Processing | Washing, screening, drying, grading or milling verified against the contract specification | Plant QC · per batch |
| 3 | Port laboratory | Full analysis against the contract specification; Certificate of Analysis or Mill Test Certificate issued before the Bill of Lading | EGG port QC lab · per shipment |
| 4 | Independent inspection | Pre-shipment sampling, witness testing, draft survey or tally; sealed retained samples held 90 days | TÜV Austria / SGS / Intertek / BV · per vessel |
| 5 | Destination acceptance | CoA cross-referenced with the buyer's arrival laboratory; retained samples arbitrate any variance | Buyer laboratory · on discharge |
- Quality & compliance — the QA charter, inspection partners and destination conformity programmes
- Inspection & QC · Trade documentation · Loading ports
- Request a quote — priced FOB / CIF / CFR offer, sample Certificate of Analysis and inspection protocol within 24 hours
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