12.12.11
BASF’s business unit Personal Care Europe has announced that 50 of its products have been evaluated and approved for compliance with the COSMOS standard. Developed by Europe’s leading NGOs for natural and organic cosmetics, this new standard has been set up according to common requirements and definitions for this specific cosmetic segment.
The products concerned were already eitherECOCERT and/or BDIH-registered, making BASF one of the first raw materials suppliers who offer a wide range of products in line with the new Europe-wide COSMOS guidelines and criteria.
According into Ute Griesbach and Stephane Lacoutiére, both European marketing managers, the designation means that when formulating organic and natural cosmetics according to the COSMOS standard, “our customers can choose from a considerable range of recognized and approved products. We also plan to obtain certification for more products in the future, further expanding this choice.”
The new international standard is the harmonized result of the most important national standards and reflects the increasingly international nature of the cosmetics market.