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Sourcing

Supplier documentation, independent verification, red flags, logistics, payments and the regulatory picture. Maintained as documentation, not as recommendations.

140 topics6,877 posts43 solved Moderators: dr_okonkwo, t.vasquez About this category

Vendor reports 26 Independent verification 26 Red flags 24 Logistics 24 Payments 18 Regulatory 22

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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Publishing an inconvenient result: a case study Sourcing › Independent verification Medutest VendorInvestigate third-party testing Janoshik Analytical Wiki On the subject in the title: Publishing an inconvenient result: a case study Working notes rather than a conclusion. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the maintainers asked for.…	+59	70	992	11mo
What a documentation review can and cannot tell you Sourcing › Independent verification Medutest VendorInvestigate Janoshik Analytical blind sampling Solved Wiki What a documentation review can and cannot tell you — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal,…	+79	83	950	11mo
Second pass at: Import rules for personal quantities, by jurisdiction, dated Sourcing › Regulatory research use only personal import FDA MHRA Second pass at: Import rules for personal quantities, by jurisdiction, dated Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A logistics question, since the answers here are…		2	5k	11mo
[2026 update] Comparing documentation quality across the directory, tabulated Sourcing › Vendor reports batch & lot numbers documentation quality disputed certificate of analysis Solved Closed On the subject in the title: Comparing documentation quality across the directory, tabulated Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal, separately…		3	18k	11mo
Revisiting: Filing a first vendor report: a worked example Sourcing › Vendor reports batch & lot numbers documentation quality third-party testing disputed On the subject in the title: Revisiting: Filing a first vendor report: a worked example Working notes rather than a conclusion. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the maintainers…		2	60k	11mo
Revisiting: Why a compound being unapproved is not the same as being illegal to possess Sourcing › Regulatory FDA EMA compounding research use only Closed On the subject in the title: Revisiting: Why a compound being unapproved is not the same as being illegal to possess Working notes rather than a conclusion. Structured report rather than an opinion, following…	+76	82	52k	11mo
Follow-up: Why we hide unevidenced fraud accusations and log the hiding Sourcing › Red flags mislabelling disputed moderation underdosing The question in the title: Why we hide unevidenced fraud accusations and log the hiding I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Structured report rather than an opinion, following…	+12	16	17k	12mo
Import rules for personal quantities, by jurisdiction, dated Sourcing › Regulatory compounding MHRA FDA personal import On the subject in the title: Import rules for personal quantities, by jurisdiction, dated Working notes rather than a conclusion. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the maintainers…		3	60k	12mo
A supplier that answers analytical questions with restated claims Sourcing › Red flags documentation quality disputed moderation mislabelling Solved Wiki On the subject in the title: A supplier that answers analytical questions with restated claims Working notes rather than a conclusion. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better than…	+107	118	45k	12mo
Consistent declarations and why they matter more than clever ones — a second dataset Sourcing › Logistics customs cold chain packaging shipping Solved On the subject in the title: Consistent declarations and why they matter more than clever ones — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. A logistics question, since the answers here are…		2	4.1k	13mo
Payment mechanics and the recovery options that do not exist — what changed since Sourcing › Payments documentation quality payments research use only Solved On the subject in the title: Payment mechanics and the recovery options that do not exist — what changed since Working notes rather than a conclusion. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually…	+14	18	17k	13mo
Reading a regulatory notice rather than an article about it — what changed since Sourcing › Regulatory research use only MHRA FDA personal import Reading a regulatory notice rather than an article about it — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually…	+28	32	640	13mo
A report I filed that turned out to be wrong, and the correction Sourcing › Vendor reports certificate of analysis disputed third-party testing A report I filed that turned out to be wrong, and the correction Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the…	+124	132	12k	13mo
Splitting a vial for two laboratories: how to do it without ruining both Sourcing › Independent verification blind sampling PeptideMeter third-party testing Medutest Solved Splitting a vial for two laboratories: how to do it without ruining both — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better…	+64	70	4.4k	13mo
The report format the maintainers ask for, and why each field is there — what changed since Sourcing › Vendor reports third-party testing disputed Janoshik Analytical The report format the maintainers ask for, and why each field is there — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Structured report rather than an…	+29	35	6.6k	13mo
Second pass at: A payment that went through twice: how it was resolved Sourcing › Payments research use only documentation quality payments On the subject in the title: Second pass at: A payment that went through twice: how it was resolved Working notes rather than a conclusion. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better than…		2	1.1k	14mo
Why we hide unevidenced fraud accusations and log the hiding Sourcing › Red flags underdosing mislabelling disputed moderation Solved Why we hide unevidenced fraud accusations and log the hiding — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a…	+97	106	63k	14mo
One lot is one lot: when a report becomes a pattern Sourcing › Vendor reports documentation quality certificate of analysis batch & lot numbers disputed Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: One lot is one lot: when a report becomes a pattern Everything below is what sits behind that. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the…		2	19k	14mo
Research-use-only labelling: what it means and what it does not — the long version Sourcing › Regulatory EMA research use only compounding Posting this under the heading it deserves: Research-use-only labelling: what it means and what it does not — the long version Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to talk about…	+150	158	55k	14mo
How Janoshik, Medutest, PeptideMeter and VendorInvestigate differ Sourcing › Independent verification blind sampling PeptideMeter Medutest third-party testing How Janoshik, Medutest, PeptideMeter and VendorInvestigate differ I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Structured report rather than an opinion, following…	+117	130	3.3k	14mo
Follow-up: Documentation that appears only after payment Sourcing › Red flags disputed mislabelling underdosing documentation quality Wiki Posting this under the heading it deserves: Documentation that appears only after payment Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal, separately…	+82	87	50k	14mo
Enforcement priorities versus written rules Sourcing › Regulatory FDA personal import MHRA Enforcement priorities versus written rules — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal, separately from product quality.…		2	62k	15mo
Transit times by route, from a logged dataset — the long version Sourcing › Logistics cold chain shipping customs Wiki Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Transit times by route, from a logged dataset — the long version Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a…	+82	87	8.9k	15mo
Filing a first vendor report: a worked example Sourcing › Vendor reports third-party testing batch & lot numbers Janoshik Analytical documentation quality Filing a first vendor report: a worked example Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better than anywhere…	+1	5	12k	15mo
A supplier who responds to a discrepancy with silence Sourcing › Red flags underdosing documentation quality moderation mislabelling Closed On the subject in the title: A supplier who responds to a discrepancy with silence Working notes rather than a conclusion. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the maintainers asked…		2	6.1k	16mo
Documenting a supplier's response to a discrepancy — does this still hold? Sourcing › Vendor reports certificate of analysis third-party testing batch & lot numbers Documenting a supplier's response to a discrepancy — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Structured report rather than an opinion,…	+47	52	58k	16mo
Patterns that reliably precede a problem, documented Sourcing › Red flags documentation quality disputed mislabelling underdosing Patterns that reliably precede a problem, documented — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better than anywhere else I…	+3	7	31k	16mo
Assessing a warm arrival: the decision process Sourcing › Logistics temperature excursion cold chain shipping Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Assessing a warm arrival: the decision process Everything below is what sits behind that. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better than…	+15	19	3.3k	16mo
How compounding permissions changed when supply normalised Sourcing › Regulatory personal import EMA compounding research use only Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: How compounding permissions changed when supply normalised Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the maintainers asked…	+30	34	51k	16mo
One lot is one lot: when a report becomes a pattern — the long version Sourcing › Vendor reports third-party testing Janoshik Analytical certificate of analysis batch & lot numbers Closed One lot is one lot: when a report becomes a pattern — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the…	+137	152	46k	16mo