How to Find a Lot Number for Alconox Inc. Critical Cleaners

In order to control manufacturing processes for companies with raw material control requirements such as ISO certified organizations and cGMP compliant companies, you need to record a lot number for the detergent being used in cleaning. You also need to be able to find that lot number.

Alconox’ Inc. product’s lot number system has been updated. Thus, for future reference, any product with the below LOT formats has been manufactured at the Macedonia, OH manufacturing location.

LOT MM-DD-YY-##
MM – 2 digits for the month
DD – 2 digits for the day
YY – 2 digits for the year
## Batch number of the day
Example 01-17-23-03
Manufacture on January 17th, 2023,
Batch 03

LOT MMYYJJJ##
MM – 2 digits for the month
YY – 2 digits for the year
JJJ – Julian Date of Date Packaged
## Batch number of the day
Example 07231991
Manufacture on July 2023, Packed Date 18th,
Batch 1

The below is for legacy lot numbers from our previous manufacturing location in Jersey City, New Jersey.  These products maintain the same quality control as before and printed expiration dates still apply:

To find the lot number of you Alconox Critical Cleaning Detergent, look on the package.

• All plastic bottles of detergent have a 5 character lot number printed in ink jet characters just above the label.
• All milk carton boxes of powdered detergent have a 4 character lot number at the very top flap of the milk carton stamped in to the milk carton.
• All drums of liquid detergent have a 5 character lot number hand written on the top of the drum as well as stamped on to the label on the drum.
• All powdered drums have the 5 character lot number stamped on to the drum next to the label.
• All corrugated cardboard boxes have the 4 or 5 character lot number stamped in the upper right hand corner of the panel that has the Ship To information on it, or on the upper right hand corner of one of the panels of a box that has a label on it that has a dotted line saying Do Not Cut Below This Line with the lot number stamped right next to those words.

Lot numbers can be used to get a certificate of analysis, which will give the expiration date, storage conditions and analysis for that lot. If you do not have the package available to you, it is possible to track the lot number if you know the detergent brand, the purchase order number placed with Alconox, Inc. and name of the company that sold the Alconox, Inc. detergent to you.

To request any Alconox Inc. detergents for free, please complete the questionnaire at Get Sample.  For more information about any one of our Alconox Inc. detergents, consult the technical bulletin for each product. Or click here to access each of our detergent’s  Safety Data Sheets.

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