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A seal is only worth something if you can find out what had to be true for it to appear. This page says it, badge by badge.

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The rule that governs them

No badge is ticked by hand. All of them derive from data the system already verifies: a credential in the laboratory registry, the result of our checks, or the content of the analysis itself. That is why the colour and the shape of a seal are not decoration. The hue says what backs it and the frame says how much that claim weighs:
  • double ring with a check — accreditation we verified with the issuing body
  • dashed ring — accreditation the laboratory declares and we accept
  • filled hexagon — EXTRACTOS EUM verification
  • dotted base — derived from the analysis itself
  • thin ring — producer declaration

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Laboratory accreditations

Granted by an accreditation body, not by us. They appear only if the laboratory holds that credential in our registry — either verified by us with the issuing body, or declared by the laboratory in its own certificates. Each certificate states which of the two.

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EXTRACTOS EUM verification

Granted by our system when the certificate passes every automated integrity check. It does not replace the laboratory accreditation: they are different things, and that is why they are different badges.

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Derived from the analysis itself

Nobody ticks these: a rule reads the certificate and the badge appears if it holds. For the same reason it disappears on its own when it stops being true — an expired certificate loses its validity badge with no one intervening.

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Producer declarations

Stated by whoever makes the product. They are not a certification granted by an accredited third party, and the certificate says so.