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Each guide answers one question a buyer of these materials asks, cites its sources, and says where the published evidence stops.
What is the difference between beeyo (Boswellia carterii) and maydi (Boswellia frereana), and which should I buy?
Beeyo (Boswellia sacra, traded as B. carterii) and maydi (B. frereana) compared for buyers by resin, harvest, oil chemistry, uses and species checks.
How should a buyer assess gum arabic from an origin that is not established in the trade?
What gum arabic is in law, the JECFA and EU limits a lot has to meet, and six steps for testing gum from an origin the trade does not yet know.
How do I import frankincense, myrrh or gum arabic from Somaliland?
A guide for first-time importers of Somaliland gums and resins. How origin is recorded, shipping from Berbera, documents, duty, sanctions and payment.
What do Somali frankincense grades mean, and how should a buyer specify one?
How beeyo and maydi frankincense are graded, why grade names are not a standard, and how to specify a grade in an RFQ so that offers can be compared.
How can a buyer verify the species and quality of frankincense before ordering?
Why the species on a frankincense offer can be wrong, and what a buyer can check before ordering, from lot records to GC-MS markers and documents.
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