Commodity examination
Products have lost their marketable appearance
Loss of marketable appearance may have commercial significance even when no assessment of product safety has been requested. The expert records the actual condition and assesses it within the limits of commodity examination competence.
First steps
What matters
- document the condition before sorting, repackaging or write-off;
- describe the batch size and proportion of products showing changes;
- keep price and delivery documents if the dispute concerns value;
- where necessary, separate product defects from parameters requiring a laboratory.
Limits
Commodity examination and laboratory components
Commodity expert
Examines commercial condition, visible defects, packaging, labelling, documents and relevant information about handling conditions for the goods.
Laboratory
Required for microbiological, chemical, toxicological, veterinary and other parameters that cannot be reliably established through commodity inspection alone.
Preliminary assessment
Send materials for a preliminary assessment
Describe the situation and attach the available documents and photographs. After reviewing them, the work format, required materials, cost and time frame can be determined.
- we will check whether the task falls within commodity examination competence;
- we will determine whether documents and an inspection are sufficient;
- if specialist tests are needed, we will identify the laboratory component;
- we will indicate a possible format for the result.