The first time a legit lab starts out, the products are very good, because they had plenty of time to bring the powders in and people work at low cost.
Once demand picks up, all hell breaks lose and they better be prepared. There's only so much raw material a lab can bring in and it's NEVER enough. All of a sudden, the chemist wants double...he didn't exactly sign a legit contract outlining his salary. lol
We need 2000 EQs ASAP but we only have raw materials for 1000. Okay, now you have 100mg/ml labeled as 200mg/ml. 90% of labs will cut corners when the stress is on.
Be very wary of large labs that are never out of stock. That's what made Spectro so special in the earlier days. He didn't cut corners. I remember he was out of Eq for 2 months. People were busting his balls, but he stuck to his core beliefs. Then some things happened out of his control...but that's a whole different story.