Vendors

For Vendors

SERVICES

We provide the following services for vendors:

(a) Dye Testing Services

For Dye Certification

Sample Rechecks - If you purchased a dye that another company certified, the BSC Assay laboratory will check the sample to ensure that the dye meets the Biological Stain Commission requirements and standards.

Experimental Testing

(b) Official Dye Certification

PROCEDURE FOR DYE TESTING

1. Establish an account: Contact the BSC Assay laboratory to establish an account for testing your dyes by the Biological Stain Commission. (Phone: 585-275-2751)

2. Complete certification form: Follow the link below to obtain the certification form. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the pdf file. Once the top portion of the form is completed, print it out and send to the Biological Stain Commission Assay Laboratory along with dye samples for testing.

Biological Stain Commission Certification Form

3. Submit Sample: send in the appropriate amount of sample dye along with the completed certification form. The quantities required for testing depend on the service requested:

a. Certification: TWO 10-gram bottles and ONE 5-gram bottle of dye along with certification form.

b. Sample Recheck: ONE 5-gram sample of dye along with certification form.

c. Experimental: ONE 5-gram sample of dye along with certification form.

4. Processing and Results: Once received at the laboratory testing will begin. Once completed, we will inform you of your results through mail. You will receive the certification paperwork from the BSC which will indicate if your sample has met certification criteria. If the sample has passed, you will receive any labels that you requested.

5. Affix labels: Affix certification labels to dye bottles to indicate that they have passed the certification procedure by the BSC.

FEES

As of January 1, 2009 our fee schedule is as follows:

Certification Testing: $405.00 + $1.70 per pound (or $3.74 per kilogram) of dye in batch.

Recheck Fee: $122.00

Experimental Fee: $145.00

Labels: $0.80 each

All amounts are in US Dollars, payment terms are net 30 days.

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