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Claim #06 · Audit· Materials and packaging
Needs Context

"Bio-attributed / bio-circular / mass-balanced"

Mass balance accounts for certified inputs and their attribution to outputs within a defined system. It does not automatically measure the physical bio-based content in each bottle. The claim needs the applicable standard, system boundary, attributed amount and chain-of-custody evidence.

What to look for instead

State whether the claim concerns physical content or an accounting allocation. Mass balance can support a legitimate transition, but the customer should not be encouraged to imagine a composition the evidence does not establish.

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