blinded submissions carry more weight because they remove a variable, not because we distrust the labs
#vendor-verification 2025-09-14
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Highlights from this day
- mira_pins — a good result with bad sample handling gets logged with a note about the handling. context is part of the record 11:27
- thirty_one_g — genuine question we have never revoked on a single result. we have revoked on a pattern, n of 1 obviously 14:03
- thirty_one_g — we refresh on new evidence, not on a clock. an old verification with no recent results says so on the entry 15:02
- deamidation — what does not count: the supplier certificate alone, a screenshot, a referral link, or a friend who says it was fine a supplier improving shows in the log as later… 15:09
not a recommendation
a good result with bad sample handling gets logged with a note about the handling. context is part of the record
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somebody once offered to fund the testing programme in exchange for an entry. the offer is in the log
nothing gets deleted from the log, including our own mistakes, happy to be corrected
is the verification log the same thing as a recommendation
has anyone ever offered to pay for verification
do blinded submissions carry more weight than open ones
update from 20 months ago: SGN added evidence and the entry now reflects it
nothing gets deleted
why is a referral link disqualifying rather than just ignored
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quick one who decides, the mods or the room
the log is readable chronologically and that is deliberate. the trajectory matters more than the current line
genuine question we have never revoked on a single result. we have revoked on a pattern, n of 1 obviously
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for the archive what happens to the log entry when a supplier improves
blinded is better
sorry to jump in verification is not a recommendation. it means the evidence standard has been met, nothing more
we refresh on new evidence, not on a clock. an old verification with no recent results says so on the entry
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post the photos
the mods maintain the log. the room supplies the evidence and argues about it, which is the correct division
two labs disagree on the same lot, which one goes in the log
i have watched this standard hold for three years including when it was inconvenient for a popular supplier, ill dig out the number
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what does not count: the supplier certificate alone, a screenshot, a referral link, or a friend who says it was fine
a supplier improving shows in the log as later entries, not as earlier entries being edited
the point of the standard is that it applies to suppliers we like as well as ones we do not