﻿ Islam Question and Answer - What should be done with samples
left over from quality-control testing? Wed 7 Saf 1435 - 11
December 2013 Various samples of cheeses, juices, nuts, meats,
perfumes, dairy products etc. come to our laboratory. In some
cases the samples are more than is required for testing. For
example, a carton of juice holds 30 boxes, and the tests require
only 5 boxes. There are many similar examples. Is it permissible
for the lab technicians to take them or give them to some
deserving people? Knowing that leaving them until all the lab
and customs procedures are completed would mean that they may go
off and have to be thrown out, and, moreover, many of the
traders never come and ask about the rest of their samples.
Praise be to Allaah.   Firstly: those who are responsible for
requesting samples for quality-control testing must ask for the
amount that is usually sufficient for testing, and not ask for
or accept more than what is needed.  Secondly: in cases where
only some of the amount given