Kult App: 27 cosmetics import registrations cancelled (Feb 2026)

Kult App Pvt Ltd is a Mumbai e-commerce company that imported foreign skincare and makeup for sale through its app. CDSCO's cosmetics division, acting as the Central Licensing Authority, cancelled 27 of its import registration certificates and import registration numbers on 6 Feb 2026. The order records two grounds: the labels on 50 imported products differed from the labels approved at registration, and when inspectors visited the registered address the firm was not there.

The rules cited are 15(3), which requires imports to carry the approved label, 36, which prohibits misleading presentation, and 16, which gives the authority the power to cancel. The cancellation is of the registrations, not of the brands: another importer with its own valid registration can still bring the same products in. Stock already imported under the cancelled registrations has lost its lawful status, which is the practical reason the order was published.

This is the largest cosmetics import cancellation on CDSCO's public notices to date. A second, against Skintl Enterprises of Delhi in August 2026, followed the same pattern of online sellers importing products whose packs do not match what the regulator approved.