In addition to stricter testing requirements, all certificates of authenticity must come directly from third-party companies partnered with the retailer.
It’s common for third-party labs to leave out inorganic bromide and dithiocarbamates in supplement testing, despite being required by USP <561> standards.
Authentic documents are processed through a one-way encryption within the Alkemist Labs server environment, resulting in a unique ‘digital fingerprint’.
The agency found that several “tejocote” supplements were adulterated with the toxic botanical, following a similar investigation in September of last year.