UPDATE:
The 'NordChem' BAC water from Amazon seems to be legit after all. The manufacturer, which is based in Sweden, not the UK (
https://nordchem.eu/ ) has responded and given me the COA (attached).
Hi DrPEPr, thanks for your investigative work!
I wanted to share below a summary of the analysis I got from Gemini regarding the domain and the CoA (ChatGPT produced similar results). I don't mean to be alarmist, but the AI flagged specific inconsistencies with dates, formatting, and personnel that seem concerning. I'm sharing this to add to the discussion and welcome further verification.
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You asked me to check the company, the CoA, and the people mentioned—here is what I can tell you:
1. The Company (Drugtesting.eu)
Lack of Transparency: While the site claims to be based in Sweden, it does not list a specific physical address, only stating that work is done at "university labs". The domain was only registered in August 2022.
Contradictory Role: They market themselves as a public service for testing "unknown substances" to prevent harm, yet this certificate claims they are a "GMP-compliant QC laboratory" validating a manufacturing batch. Legitimate third-party testing labs generally do not manufacture and release their own pharmaceutical products.
2. The CoA (Certificate of Analysis)
Impossible Timeline: The document lists the "Test Date" for sterility as running from 15 Nov – 29 Nov 2025, yet the document was signed and issued on 20 Nov 2025. It is impossible to certify a 14-day sterility test 9 days before it finishes.
Amateur Formatting: The document is full of raw LaTeX code (e.g., $\le0.25~IU/mL$ and $\ge25$ kGy) instead of properly rendered symbols. Professional lab software (LIMS) does not output raw code like this; this suggests the document was manually typed up or "homebrewed."
Scientific Errors: It claims the water was sterilized using Gamma Irradiation. This is highly unusual for bacteriostatic water (which is typically autoclaved or filtered) because radiation degrades aqueous solutions and plastic/rubber stoppers.
3. The People (Antony Marttila & Anton Edlund)
No Professional Footprint: I analyzed the signatories listed: Antony Marttila (Analyst) and Anton Edlund (QC Manager). I could not find any professional profiles, research publications, or registration records for these individuals in the Swedish pharmaceutical industry.
Regulatory Red Flag: In the EU, a QC Manager releasing sterile injectables holds a heavy regulatory responsibility. The fact that "Anton Edlund" has no visible professional history suggests these names may be pseudonyms or fabricated to make the document appear official.
Bottom line: The combination of impossible dates, raw code in the text, and unverified staff strongly suggests this is a fake certificate generated to make a grey-market product look legitimate.