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  "method": "One headless Chromium session (Playwright, viewport 1280 px wide) loaded each page, waited for network idle, and saved a screenshot. Each image is a top crop of that screenshot, scaled to 1000 px wide and saved as a 256-colour PNG. Nothing in the images is retouched, retyped or composited.",
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      "passage": "First Internet Archive capture of the homepage after the closure: the three-sentence shutdown notice."
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      "passage": "Notice with the added warning (the same warning is in the 2026-03-21T14:40:57Z capture, the earliest read that has it): the original three sentences, then 'Any website, entity, or individuals claiming to be Peptide Sciences, a successor to Peptide Sciences, or falsely claiming to sell our products are fraudulent, unauthorized, and have absolutely no affiliation with our company. Do not interact with them and report them to us immediately.' and a customer service email address. The 2026-03-16T11:09:33Z capture still shows only the three sentences.",
      "method": "Captured in the 2026-10-11 review: one headless Chromium session (Playwright, viewport 1280 px wide), the same crop, scale (1000 px wide) and 256-colour PNG treatment as the 2026-10-10 images."
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      "archive_capture_utc": "2026-09-08T05:07:00Z",
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      "passage": "Latest Internet Archive capture with HTTP 200 as of 2026-10-11: the current notice with the rights statement and the warning about sites claiming affiliation. The same wording is present in the 2026-04-15T14:31:03Z, 2026-04-18T17:04:57Z and 2026-05-17T20:49:06Z captures. The 2026-03-08, 2026-03-16 and 2026-03-18 captures carry the original three sentences; the 2026-03-21T14:40:57Z and 2026-03-22 captures carry the interim warning."
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      "source_url": "https://peptidescienceslabs.com/",
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      "passage": "Finnrick record n552547: retatrutide 12 mg labelled Peptide Sciences, batch PS6HRP22, identity fail ('Sample does not contain Retatrutide'), lab code E, certificate 203948, mailed in by a member of the public, public shipment registered 16 Mar 2026, certificate issued 28 Apr 2026."
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      "captured_by_titratelab": "August 2026; first committed 2026-08-27 (commit 58197f285, 'publish peptide laboratory repeat-batch investigation')",
      "passage": "Finnrick record j7838b4, 22 Apr 2025: retatrutide 6 mg labelled Peptide Sciences, batch RET7920231109-6, 'Sample does not contain Retatrutide / Another Peptide Detected- Tirzepatide (Purity 99.269%, Qty 4.38mg)', lab code D."
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      "registration": "2009-12-06T07:23:21Z",
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        "client update prohibited"
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      "queried_utc": "2026-10-11T22:08Z",
      "registration": "2024-05-09T17:36:32Z",
      "registrar": "GoDaddy.com, LLC",
      "note": "Domain of the reporting address given in the revised Peptide Sciences notice; registered before the closure.",
      "last_changed": "2026-05-10T18:16:08Z",
      "requeried_utc": "2026-10-11T22:23Z"
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    "latest_200_capture": "2026-09-08T05:07:00Z",
    "later_captures": "2026-09-20, 2026-09-29 (two): HTTP 403, no page content",
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        "capture_utc": "2026-03-08T15:21:26Z",
        "version": "original three sentences",
        "read": "screenshot 2026-10-10"
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        "capture_utc": "2026-03-16T11:09:33Z",
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        "read": "raw capture (id_ mode) 2026-10-11"
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        "capture_utc": "2026-03-18T07:45:23Z",
        "version": "original three sentences",
        "read": "raw capture (id_ mode) 2026-10-11, adversarial review"
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        "read": "raw capture (id_ mode) 2026-10-11, adversarial review"
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        "capture_utc": "2026-03-22T17:39:04Z",
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        "read": "raw capture 2026-10-11"
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      {
        "capture_utc": "2026-04-18T17:04:57Z",
        "version": "current wording",
        "read": "raw capture 2026-10-11"
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        "capture_utc": "2026-05-17T20:49:06Z",
        "version": "current wording",
        "read": "raw capture 2026-10-11"
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        "capture_utc": "2026-09-08T05:07:00Z",
        "version": "current wording",
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    "database": "TitrateLab coa.db (path from titratelab.service COA_DB_PATH), opened read-only (mode=ro), aggregate queries only",
    "cohort": "published rows on manufacturer id 80 whose source is Finnrick with vendor slug 'peptide-sciences' (Finnrick's vendor page lists peptidesciences.com as the website, checked 2026-10-11), plus Janoshik test 67573 (client 'Anonymous', manufacturer printed 'Peptide Sciences')",
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      "amount_more_than_35pct_under": "7 of 111",
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        "C": 28,
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        "E": 19,
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        "G": 11,
        "Janoshik": 1
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        "tesamorelin": "2 of 3",
        "CJC-1295": "1 of 1",
        "tirzepatide": "0 of 1"
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      "fetched_utc": "2026-10-11T22:12Z",
      "title_count": 321,
      "db_split": "Finnrick peptide-sciences 134 + Finnrick peptide-s 134 + Finnrick science 12 + Freedom Diagnostics client 'Peptides'/'PEPtides' 40 + Janoshik 67573 1 = 321"
    },
    "excluded": "Finnrick vendor slug 'peptide-s' (134; Finnrick lists a different website for that vendor, checked 2026-10-11), Finnrick vendor slug 'science' (12), Freedom Diagnostics reports printed for the client 'Peptides' (37) or 'PEPtides' (3); none names Peptide Sciences",
    "reverified_utc": "2026-10-11T22:18Z",
    "reverified_note": "Independent re-run in the 2026-10-11 review (read-only, aggregate queries): every count above reproduced exactly, including 44/56/7/11 of 111 on deviation_vs_label_pct, 79 of 111 at 99.5% purity or higher, minimum purity 98.62%, the batch-code failure splits, lab codes, PS6 codes and the 4 'No Label' container descriptions."
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-10-11T22:36:34Z",
  "note": "Four screenshots were captured on 2026-10-10 and one (notice-wayback-2026-03-22.png) on 2026-10-11. Registry records, archive index, source checks and the certificate measurement were re-run on 2026-10-11 and are the figures the entry states.",
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    {
      "claim": "The Peptide List reports the notice appearing at about 2:00 PM Eastern on March 6, 2026, and asserts a 2023 FDA warning letter over BPC-157 and TB-500 claims without linking an FDA record",
      "url": "https://thepeptidelist.com/articles/peptide-sciences-shutdown",
      "checked_utc": "2026-10-11T22:00Z",
      "datePublished": "2026-03-06"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Lumalex Law: 'no confirmed public explanation'; 'no official enforcement action has been announced'; observers split between regulatory pressure and business strategy",
      "url": "https://www.lumalexlaw.com/2026/03/13/why-did-peptide-sciences-shut-down-what-it-may-mean-for-the-peptide-industry/",
      "checked_utc": "2026-10-11T22:00Z",
      "datePublished": "2026-03-13T16:42:24Z"
    },
    {
      "claim": "No FDA warning letter addressed to Peptide Sciences found",
      "method": "web searches restricted to fda.gov ('Peptide Sciences warning letter BPC-157 TB-500') and an unrestricted search for '\"Peptide Sciences\" FDA warning letter'; repeated in the 2026-10-11 review with a web search restricted to fda.gov ('\"Peptide Sciences\" warning letter'), which returned only an FDA advisory-committee briefing document citing the company's website as a product listing. FDA's warning-letter search page returned HTTP 403 to this host, so the check rests on web search, not FDA's own database.",
      "checked_utc": "2026-10-11"
    },
    {
      "claim": "No Justice Department record naming Peptide Sciences found",
      "method": "web search restricted to justice.gov ('\"Peptide Sciences\" peptides indictment OR charged OR plea OR complaint'); results named other sellers only; repeated 2026-10-11 with the same restriction; results named other sellers only.",
      "checked_utc": "2026-10-11"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Trustpilot page for peptidescienceslabs.com at position 8 in Google US top 10 for 'peptide sciences review'",
      "source": "Semrush phrase_organic (US), pulled 2026-10-05; /home/patrick/.titratelab/research/2026-10-05-seo-keywords/serps.json"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Six of the 10 failing pre-closure retatrutide records name tirzepatide: on RET7920231109-6 j7838b4 and svto82w (Janoshik), b1wjltm (Freedom Diagnostics), vb7tozv (Krause, spectral match); on RET7920231124-6 oe0hcvv (Chromate, corrected) and zgsgoyn (MZ Biolabs, 2025-02-19). The other four (wd8k1oj, jfb19ij, cvg34i9, 1xc2xm6, TrustPointe) report retatrutide absent or an unknown compound.",
      "source": "/research/janoshik-vs-chromate-peptide-lab-results (table of all eight RET7920231109-6 records and the RET7920231124-6 section); screenshots of j7838b4 and oe0hcvv in /static/img/research/same-peptide-batch-code-different-lab-result/; failing-row certificate slugs matched in coa.db 2026-10-11"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The Peptide List article (datePublished 2026-03-06) reports the notice at about 2:00 PM Eastern, three sentences in a red-bordered box, and a 2023 FDA warning letter over BPC-157 and TB-500 health claims; its outbound links include no fda.gov page",
      "url": "https://thepeptidelist.com/articles/peptide-sciences-shutdown",
      "checked_utc": "2026-10-11T22:22Z"
    },
    {
      "claim": "LumaLex Law article (datePublished 2026-03-13, dateModified 2026-07-20) contains 'no confirmed public explanation' and 'no official enforcement action has been announced'",
      "url": "https://www.lumalexlaw.com/2026/03/13/why-did-peptide-sciences-shut-down-what-it-may-mean-for-the-peptide-industry/",
      "checked_utc": "2026-10-11T22:22Z"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Finnrick lists peptidesciences.com as the Peptide Sciences website (latest result 20 Jul 2026) and peptide-s.shop as the Peptide-S website (latest result 9 Aug 2026)",
      "url": "https://www.finnrick.com/vendors/peptide-sciences ; https://www.finnrick.com/vendors/peptide-s",
      "checked_utc": "2026-10-11T22:23Z"
    }
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    "rechecked": [
      "coa.db read-only (mode=ro) aggregates: 125/10 split, 96/28/1 submitters, 14 identity failures (all Finnrick-bought), codes and per-code counts, PS6 codes, 111 found, min purity 98.62, 79 at 99.5+, amount bands 44/56/7/11 recomputed from label_qty and tested_qty, lab codes, 321 seller-page split",
      "quantity_deviation_pct disagrees with label/tested quantities on one row (tesamorelin yq5hkjg, -5.4 vs +13.5, Finnrick +14%); deviation_vs_label_pct is the correct field",
      "Wayback CDX for peptidesciences.com/ from 20260220: first capture 2026-03-08T15:21:26Z, latest 200 2026-09-08T05:07:00Z, later captures 403",
      "Raw captures 2026-03-18, 2026-03-21 14:40, 2026-04-15, 2026-05-17 read; screenshots of 2026-03-08, 2026-03-22 and 2026-09-08 match the quoted text",
      "peptidescienceslabs.com raw capture: title 'Home - Peptide sciences'; current prices $65 (NAD+) to $345, $395 is a struck-through original price",
      "RDAP for peptidescienceslabs.com and peptidesciencesmail.com, 2026-10-11T22:28Z: dates, status and registrars as recorded above",
      "The Peptide List quotes only the first sentence of the notice, says it ran to three sentences and appeared at about 2:00 PM Eastern, and asserts a 2023 FDA warning letter with no fda.gov link",
      "LumaLex Law passages quoted in the entry",
      "Finnrick vendor pages: peptide-sciences lists peptidesciences.com, 132 tests, latest 20 Jul 2026; peptide-s lists peptide-s.shop",
      "Web searches restricted to fda.gov and justice.gov found no warning letter or charge naming Peptide Sciences",
      "Janoshik vs Chromate article: six of the ten failing retatrutide records name tirzepatide; all eight RET7920231109-6 records came from two Finnrick orders",
      "Semrush SERP file: Trustpilot page for peptidescienceslabs.com at rank 8 for 'peptide sciences review', pulled 2026-10-05"
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}