A review file should explain which evidence supports each product claim. Formula versions, supplier information and manufacturing practice must be consistent before a conclusion is drawn from the label.
Record the reason and the relationship to the same formulation or variant. Map commercial name, product code, formula version and packaging. Similar names alone do not justify reusing another product's evidence; check the products listed in the certificate or assessment schedule.
State the scheme or calculation approach used. Ingredient classifications, composition percentages and supplier information must agree with the calculation. Check whether the result supports the entire label statement; do not extend an ingredient's attribute to the whole product without justification.
Map each product's actual components and processing aids. Textile finishes and dyes, furniture adhesives and coatings, and cosmetic carriers and flavours raise different questions. Apply the scheme to the product group and examine relevant inputs beyond the main material.
Verify which ingredient and version it concerns. Request clear product identification, scope and change information from the supplier. General company publicity is not evidence for a particular ingredient. Make assumptions caused by missing information visible in the review file.
The work order, ingredient batches and formula version should describe the same production. Record who reviewed and approved substitutions or deviations. Assess effects on claims, safety documentation and programme scope separately; a purchasing change does not replace technical approval.
Examine records showing its use and verification during the relevant product changeover. Materials, equipment and layouts create different risks. Apply the selected scheme's cross-contamination and segregation requirements; a generic procedure cannot be assumed to represent all production conditions.
Verify each mark's owner, permission and covered products or activities separately. A manufacturing-site certificate does not automatically permit its mark on every product. The new package must agree with current scope and the applicable mark-use rules.
Safety, responsible-party, notification and label requirements depend on the market. Voluntary natural or vegan assessment does not replace all those obligations. State the country and assessment purpose, and preserve responsible-person details, warnings and intended purpose in translations.
A fictional furniture manufacturer supports a vegan claim with fabric evidence but lacks information about adhesive and coating. The review expands to relevant inputs across the whole product and requests records matching their product codes. Other product groups need the same attention to their own overlooked processing materials.
This is a fictional example, not an actual client case or conformity decision.
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