It can’t be traced to your vial
- No batch or lot number, or a batch number that doesn’t match the label on the vial.
- The same certificate used for different batches, strengths or products.
- A test date that is older than the batch it claims to describe.
It can’t be checked with the lab
- No lab name, or a lab you can’t find anywhere.
- No report ID or QR code, so there is no way to look the result up with the lab.
- A report ID that the lab’s own verification page doesn’t recognize, or shows with different results. Some fake certificates copy a real lab’s name and layout with invented data.
- A certificate that only exists as a PDF sent by the seller, with no record at the lab.
The results don’t hold up
- Results written as “conforms” or “pass” with no numbers and no specification.
- Purity with no identity test: a clean HPLC peak doesn’t prove it is the right molecule.
- No net content result, so the amount in the vial is unknown.
- Numbers that look too perfect, such as identical results across many batches.
A quick checklist
- Batch number on the certificate matches the vial.
- The lab is named and has a verification page.
- The report ID checks out on the lab’s site with the same results.
- Identity (mass spec), purity (HPLC) and net content are all reported with specifications.
You can run this checklist on our own certificates: they are on the certificates page, and each one can be checked at axiomanalyticslab.com/verify.