BumpassHell
New Member
Hi all—
I’m pretty new to this and trying to understand how to do things properly.
I appreciate how some members of this forum hold vendors accountable and emphasize the importance of lab testing. I also understand that the most reliable answer to the question posed in the title of this thread is to send a sample for lab testing myself.
It’s reassuring to see some vendors (a) reimbursing customers for testing, (b) posting test results both on Meso threads and their websites, and (c) aspiring to provide a high-quality product. That said, I’m struggling to understand how a customer is supposed to verify that the specific vial they have in hand corresponds to a posted test result.
There’s no batch or lot number on the vial. At best, I can reason that I purchased the product recently and that the vendor posted test results a few weeks ago, so it’s possible my vial came from that batch—but that feels more like wishful thinking than verification.
I want to make sure I’m not missing something obvious. Without a serial or batch identifier on the vial, I don’t see a clear way to confirm which batch it came from or to match it to a specific lab result. I could reach out to the vendor in advance of placing an order and ask, but of course that still relies on trust.
So the safest option seems to be testing it myself. However, even that has limitations: if a vendor pulls vials from different batches when fulfilling the same order, then testing a single vial from an order of (say) 15 identical vials doesn’t necessarily verify the rest—unless each vial is tested individually.
If there’s a standard practice or method I’m overlooking here, I’d appreciate being pointed in the right direction. I get that all this is inherently risky and I can accept that risk. But just want to make sure I understand how the testing game works.
Thanks!
I’m pretty new to this and trying to understand how to do things properly.
I appreciate how some members of this forum hold vendors accountable and emphasize the importance of lab testing. I also understand that the most reliable answer to the question posed in the title of this thread is to send a sample for lab testing myself.
It’s reassuring to see some vendors (a) reimbursing customers for testing, (b) posting test results both on Meso threads and their websites, and (c) aspiring to provide a high-quality product. That said, I’m struggling to understand how a customer is supposed to verify that the specific vial they have in hand corresponds to a posted test result.
There’s no batch or lot number on the vial. At best, I can reason that I purchased the product recently and that the vendor posted test results a few weeks ago, so it’s possible my vial came from that batch—but that feels more like wishful thinking than verification.
I want to make sure I’m not missing something obvious. Without a serial or batch identifier on the vial, I don’t see a clear way to confirm which batch it came from or to match it to a specific lab result. I could reach out to the vendor in advance of placing an order and ask, but of course that still relies on trust.
So the safest option seems to be testing it myself. However, even that has limitations: if a vendor pulls vials from different batches when fulfilling the same order, then testing a single vial from an order of (say) 15 identical vials doesn’t necessarily verify the rest—unless each vial is tested individually.
If there’s a standard practice or method I’m overlooking here, I’d appreciate being pointed in the right direction. I get that all this is inherently risky and I can accept that risk. But just want to make sure I understand how the testing game works.
Thanks!
