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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Producer declarations

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