PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Maty’s Healthy Products has gained USDA organic certification for its Organic Cough Syrup.

The company said Wednesday that the designation makes its product the first USDA-certified organic cough syrup. Maty’s Organic Cough Syrup is USDA Certified Organic by CCOF.

“Today, consumers want brands to take responsibility for their products and provide more than just a supplement label on the package,” stated Carolyn Harrington, founder of Maty’s. “It took us months of hard work to obtain this certification. We couldn’t be happier to be able to offer our customers yet another option for their healthy lifestyles,” she added.

Maty’s currently offers a line of whole-food remedies that focus on building up the immune system so the body can fight off potential ailments. The 10 immune boosting ingredients in the cough syrup include honey, apple cider vinegar, lemon peel, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, clove, marjoram, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt and zinc.

Harrington noted that shoppers are more informed than ever before and increasingly selective about the products they purchase.

“They want to know what ingredients are in their products, where those ingredients come from and the manufacturing process of that product,” she explained. “Maty’s natural products contain healthy whole-food ingredients. We have always been passionate about providing families with the highest-quality products and only using the purest ingredients.”

Maty’s Organic Cough Syrup is sold at CVS/pharmacy, Rite Aid, Kinney Drugs, Wegmans, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Giant, King Soopers, Kroger, Tops and Stop & Shop stores.

Other Maty’s products include all-natural cough syrup for children and the whole family, as well as nighttime formulas; all-natural baby ointment and chest rub; all-natural acid indigestion relief; all-natural vapor rub; and all-natural Breathe Better nasal ointment.