COA Idiotic Question...

[frankpeptid]

I have probably an idiotic question. But the overseas vendors who publish their Janoshik COA's.

They don't have any labels on the vials. There are no batch numbers.

What good is this? Are we supposed to believe the color caps and date of orders are enough to try and somehow match up with consumer's order date and the testing dates?

I say this is an idiotic question... because I have to be missing something very obvious. Thanks

 

[chmuse]

I have probably an idiotic question. But the overseas vendors who publish their Janoshik COA's.

They don't have any labels on the vials. There are no batch numbers.

What good is this? Are we supposed to believe the color caps and date of orders are enough to try and somehow match up with consumer's order date and the testing dates?

I say this is an idiotic question... because I have to be missing something very obvious. Thanks

Those tests are not typically worth using for anything other than comparison with a true third party so see how trustworthy the vendor is, and to show they're doing their own quality control. Plenty of vendors will test one batch, not attach a picture to it, and use the same test over and over for multiple batches.

The ones worth paying attention to have a picture of the vials attached to the COA to compare to your product. I still wouldn't trust it, they can use the same cap/crimp for multiple batches, but same thing- it tells you they are making an attempt at quality control and transparency.

Edit: And that's not an idiotic question, critical thinking is important in this space. 🫶🏼

 

[Calm Logic]

At some point (in April?), SRY started putting batch numbers on the COAs, kits, and in their promos. But I don't know how truly meaningful their batch numbers are.