Alkemist Labs Partners with HealthLOQ to Protect COAs Against Counterfeiting
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Authentic documents are processed through a one-way encryption within the Alkemist Labs server environment, resulting in a unique ‘digital fingerprint’.
Alkemist Labs is the first analytical testing laboratory serving the natural products industry to protect its certificates of analysis (COAs) against counterfeits and unauthorized tampering using HealthLOQ’s document protection software.
In addition to ongoing tests and certificates, Alkemist Labs has protected all of its nearly 300,000 historic COAs from would-be bad actors, while protecting client confidentiality. Retailers, regulators, consumers or any other interested party are now able to verify in seconds if a given document is the unaltered, original Alkemist COA.
HealthLOQ leverages zero-knowledge proof, blockchain, and cryptography technologies to protect and validate digital documents without breaching confidentiality requirements. Original, authentic documents are processed through an irreversible one-way encryption within the Alkemist Labs server environment, resulting in a unique “digital fingerprint” of the document.
This digital fingerprint is then stored on an unalterable blockchain ledger and is available for comparison against the digital fingerprint of any purported authentic documents that have been processed by the same encryption algorithm.
The HealthLOQ authentication service is non-disruptive to existing workflows, automated, and preserves the privacy and proprietary nature of each document, according to the companies.
“Our transparency in including the relevant test methods with each CofA had made us particularly vulnerable to document counterfeiting over the years,” said Elan Sudberg, CEO of Alkemist Labs. “It’s a risk we had to take to push the needle on transparency, but we’ve been fighting bad actors who altered and misused those documents. HealthLOQ's program helps protect both us and our customers.”
“We are proud to partner with Alkemist Labs to help establish the Alkemist COA as the industry-leading standard of integrity and digital passport that can help protect brands, retailers, and consumers against counterfeits and adulteration,” said HealthLOQ CEO Derek Lurth. “Alkemist has once again differentiated itself as a pioneer of trust, transparency, and quality in the natural products industry.“
In addition to ongoing tests and certificates, Alkemist Labs has protected all of its nearly 300,000 historic COAs from would-be bad actors, while protecting client confidentiality. Retailers, regulators, consumers or any other interested party are now able to verify in seconds if a given document is the unaltered, original Alkemist COA.
HealthLOQ leverages zero-knowledge proof, blockchain, and cryptography technologies to protect and validate digital documents without breaching confidentiality requirements. Original, authentic documents are processed through an irreversible one-way encryption within the Alkemist Labs server environment, resulting in a unique “digital fingerprint” of the document.
This digital fingerprint is then stored on an unalterable blockchain ledger and is available for comparison against the digital fingerprint of any purported authentic documents that have been processed by the same encryption algorithm.
The HealthLOQ authentication service is non-disruptive to existing workflows, automated, and preserves the privacy and proprietary nature of each document, according to the companies.
“Our transparency in including the relevant test methods with each CofA had made us particularly vulnerable to document counterfeiting over the years,” said Elan Sudberg, CEO of Alkemist Labs. “It’s a risk we had to take to push the needle on transparency, but we’ve been fighting bad actors who altered and misused those documents. HealthLOQ's program helps protect both us and our customers.”
“We are proud to partner with Alkemist Labs to help establish the Alkemist COA as the industry-leading standard of integrity and digital passport that can help protect brands, retailers, and consumers against counterfeits and adulteration,” said HealthLOQ CEO Derek Lurth. “Alkemist has once again differentiated itself as a pioneer of trust, transparency, and quality in the natural products industry.“
