Good day all,
I have a question about testing for certain product parameters internally. I am working in a start-up plant-based dairy facility. As of now we are on final formulation steps for our product SKUs and are completing a lot of product characteristic and quality tests via third party. This is both expensive, and time consuming. My management is preparing to invest in the beginning of what will be an internal quality lab. They do have some questions that I have opinions on, but would love some communal insight, if possible.
My question here is, if we are to test for certain product characteristics, such as, but not limited to, Brix, Viscosity, Particle Size, are we able to include this information on a CoA to provide to a client or are there conflicts of interests that limit this? Any form of microbiological analysis will be done-so third party moving forward.
I have performed internal testing before and included the data on company produced CoAs, but am unsure as to whether or not this was an internal agreement, or if there are no concerns in doing this in general.
Thank-you for any and all advice.
Gareth