#vendor-verification 2025-08-15

verification is not a recommendation. it means the evidence standard has been met, nothing more, still working it out

two labs a point or two apart on one lot is normal. both go in the log with both numbers

verification has never been for sale and never will be. offers get posted publicly with the sender redacted

a referral link is disqualifying because it makes the reporter an interested party. that is all

what counts: an independent report, on a lot you bought yourself, with the lot number, from a lab the room recognises

a good result with bad sample handling gets logged with a note about the handling. context is part of the record

i have watched this standard hold for three years including when it was inconvenient for a popular supplier

update from 7 months ago: ERP added evidence and the entry now reflects it

pattern not one result

we have never revoked on a single result. we have revoked on a pattern
i have watched this standard hold for three years including when it was inconvenient for a popular supplier

what does not count: the supplier certificate alone, a screenshot, a referral link, or a friend who says it was fine

if you want to help, buy a lot, test it, and post the report with the lot number. that is the whole contribution

somebody once offered to fund the testing programme in exchange for an entry. the offer is in the log, not advice obviously

slightly off topic but is the verification log the same thing as a recommendation

nothing gets deleted from the log, including our own mistakes