The microbiological certificate is not part of the relevant pharmacopeia.
To obtain the microbiological takes at least 7 days. This is 5 days longer than it takes to do the rest of the testing for the COA and means we have to hold all of that batch until we have it.
We are not sure why we produce a micro cert so have recently decided not to send it as part of our docs package in order to be able to release the goods earlier.
A question for you: - Do your customers need this testing done? Do they need the certificate? Does it have to be an original?
Are you able to find out from your customers if it is necessary?