Natural cosmetics application: formula and licensing route

Decision and worked example

Example: A formula names ingredients only by trade names, omitting supplier codes and production routes. Map INCI, code, supplier and composition. Send material questions to the correct manufacturer and prepare the calculation for that formula version. Submit manufacturing, packaging and proposed label information together. After review, confirm accepted products and mark conditions. A raw-material acceptance entry is not a licence for the complete finished product; a version change does not automatically inherit an old decision merely because the brand remains the same.

Records for this purpose

• 1: Verify the NATURAL goal and authorised body.
• 2: Prepare full formula, origin, process and manufacturing evidence.
• 3: Check product decision, label and signature permission separately.

Conditions and authority limits

Use COSMOS v4.2 and the owner's labelling guide. Consultancy preparation is not licensing authority; unresolved materials or label conditions prevent guarantees of timing and outcome.

Kayra service role

Kayra may support scope definition, document preparation and assessment coordination within its contracted role. The programme owner’s rules and the selected body’s current authority, scope and decision responsibilities are checked separately. Preparation does not guarantee certification, mark permission, an audit rating or legal compliance.

Official sources

Checked: 3 October 2026. The example is conditional; it does not describe a customer transaction or approval.

• media.cosmos-standard.org — cosmos-standard_v4-2.pdf
• media.cosmos-standard.org — cosmos-standard_labelling_guide_v40.pdf
• www.cosmos-standard.org — certification-bodies