Vendor Vetting: The Five Red Flags

What a batch number actually is and who creates it, how to check a COA against the lab that supposedly issued it, why HPLC and mass spec answer different questions, what a vendor's replies tell you, and why price is the weakest signal of the five. Plus seven questions to ask before money moves.

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