@readalot over here to discuss your Meso vetting questionnaire so we don’t clog the other threads…
I think in your concern for the community, you might be getting ahead of yourself. You need a baseline study before asking every source to analyze for all of that.
Here are a few specific thoughts on some of your analyses.
1) already performed - it was just within the previous 6 years that we managed to normalize this though.
2) GCMA organic/structural impurities – what are you looking for, the lab will need a list of target analytes. They don’t do it like NCIS on TV where you feed the machine a sample and it just automatically looks for everything and spits out the results. They need to be able to identify the peaks and which compounds to calibrate for.
3) What is the concern for metals? Those aren’t used in the synthesis of hormones. If you dig back thru MESO, you will find that the topic of metals comes up periodically. Dig back further and you will find Millard’s unofficial side project to MESO called Anabolic Lab. Anabolic Lab did not perform any analyses, rather they send selected product samples to SIMEC for analysis. At the beginning, SIMEC analyzed the samples for Metals. They subsequently stopped performing that analysis when it was evident that metals were not a concern. You’ll also find in the MESO discussions that Jano participated and indicated that he was offering metals analysis but no longer marketed it since it wasn’t an analysis that was requested often and based on his performance of the analysis, metals weren’t a concern.
4) that’s a cheap analysis and a no brainer
5) Endotoxins – where did you get this concern from?
6) this is a no brainer, but again, you’ll need to be a little more specific than “residual solvents” as the list of solvents would be a mile long and they’re not going to necessarily analyze for every single compound.
“routine analytical program” and “extensive internal product quality testing” this is too involved. The guys that are bathtub brewing are going to ignore this entirely. Members can ball up their fists and pound as loudly as they want, but until the economics of this stringent QA/QC tip in favor of performing this, you’re not going to find any UGL willing to voluntarily submit to a high standard that other UGLs will work around. Take baby steps until you have a clear understanding of what is important. Within the last 6 years, we got UGLs willing to submit samples for 3rd party testing.