Adulteration” is the most damaging of the criminal activities that may affect serum users! FBS can be adulterated by the addition of water, growth factors and/or serum of other species. Unscrupulous companies in order to enhance performance and/or lower the cost of the product can carry out one or more of these or similar activities…. Read more »

“Misrepresentation” is when the product is mislabeled in terms of the declared origin, and can be total or partial: “Total” is when FBS from a less expensive origin is sold as if it were from a more expensive origin; “Partial” is when a less expensive origin and a more expensive origin are mixed e.g. in… Read more »

Traceability is important because it provides a chain of identity of the product from the country and slaughterhouse of origin, to the processing, packaging and labeling facilities ready for sale and final distribution. As you can verify, traceability insures that the product you buy was made respecting regulations at each level. This unbroken chain of information means complete… Read more »