Supplier verification for cosmetics

Who sells it, who makes it, who stands behind it: three names on one label.

In cosmetics the company on the invoice, the brand owner on the pack and the factory that filled the jar can be three different entities. Documents quoted in a sales conversation may belong to any of them. This review separates the roles from public sources and then sets each document against the role it actually describes.

Brand ownerFilling siteDocument holderStated vs recorded
The decision question

Which company is behind this product, and do its documents belong to that company?

We begin with the pack or the product page: the names and addresses printed or listed, any batch and manufacturing references, and the company that signs the quotation. Each name is looked up separately in public company records and on its own website, and the relationships between them are written out. The report then places each certificate or declaration against the entity and site that it names.

A distributor holding a certificate in its own name does not show that the filling site it buys from holds one.

Formulas, ingredient lists and safety dossiers are not judged, and recalls or complaints are not part of this review. The report records which documents the supplier cites and whom it names as issuer.

The cosmetics evidence trail

The cosmetics evidence trail

Not every item exists for every supplier; absence is reported as unavailable.

Name and address on the pack

Compared with the quotation, the record for each name and the supplier's site, to see whether one entity or several appear.

Manufacturing-practice or quality-system certificate

Read for holder, site and scope, and compared with the certificate body's own listing when public. Where no listing is public, the point is marked unavailable.

Product safety documentation

The review notes whether the supplier says such a document exists and who is named as its author. Judging its content is for a qualified professional.

Ingredient and raw material source statements

The company's own statements. Where an upstream producer is named, that name is looked up as a separate entity.

Online presence of the brand

Website, domain and marketplace storefronts are compared for a consistent identity, with no reading of quality or popularity.

Situations that change what we look at first

Situations that change what we look at first

Buying a finished private-label range from a trading company

Focus falls on whether a maker is named at all and on the link between the trader and that maker.

A brand owner moving its own formula to a new filler

The filler's site and certificates come first; the brand's own role is already known.

A reseller sourcing a branded product from an unfamiliar wholesaler

The question is whether the wholesaler is connected to the brand owner or buys on the open market, which public sources may or may not show.

The service

Supplier Verification

Who it is for
Buyers about to place a first order or a large prepayment with a supplier they cannot check themselves
The problem it solves
A supplier looks right online but nothing independent confirms that it exists as described
What we need from you
  • supplier name, website and country
  • registration number or licence if available
  • what the buyer needs confirmed
  • order context
How it works
  • scope agreed
  • public-record and website review
  • findings compared with what the supplier states
  • report with sources delivered
What you receive
A verification report: what public records and sources show about the company, how that compares with what it says about itself, no obvious discrepancy found in reviewed sources or the discrepancies found, each with its source
Included
  • registry and business-licence record review where public
  • website, domain and trade-presence consistency review
  • comparison of stated and recorded details
  • open points that could not be established
  • method and limitations note
Not included
  • on-site visits, audits or inspections
  • KYC, AML or sanctions screening
  • credit rating
  • guarantees about the supplier's future conduct
  • recovering money or disputing orders
Timing
Confirmed when your request is accepted.
What LATYNEX does
  • agree the scope
  • review public records and sources
  • compare stated and recorded details
  • write up with sources
Price
Confirmed when your request is accepted.
Good to know

What this is, and isn't

Research reports what can be established from public and provided sources. It is not a guarantee about a counterparty's future conduct and not legal advice.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can the review tell me who the brand owner is?+

Where public company records or the brand's own site name one, yes, with the source. Otherwise the point is unavailable.

Can you confirm a supplier is authorised to sell a brand?+

Only to the extent public sources show it. Otherwise the point stays unavailable and the brand owner is the one to ask.

Is a result a seal of approval?+

No. The wording is no obvious discrepancy found in reviewed sources.

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No obligation. We read your request and reply with a straight answer.

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Tell us what you need to find out and by when. We confirm scope before any work starts.

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