BEVEG VEGAN CERTIFICATION

Veganism is a lifestyle that rejects consumption of meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, eggs, or any other ingredients of animal origin. Vegan individuals; avoids food that using all kind of animal products, cosmetics, bath stuffs and textile products that use all kinds of animal products, and products or companies that perform tests on animals.

Aim of the BeVeg Vegan Standard

Aim: To have a single global vegan standard that is accredited, reliable, accountable, credible, and legally binding. Without an accredited vegan certificate, vegan claims, putting forward a standard to refer to, make no sense.

Fundamental Elements of The BeVeg Vegan Standard

Top Management Commitment

Codex HACCP (Equivalent)

Product Safety and Quality Management System

Product context/Material and Packaging Management

Specifications

Traceability

Complaint Management

Recall

Vulnerability Threat Assessment

Field Product Defense Evaluations

New Product Develop

Allergen Control

Product Formula Controls

Storage Control Procedures

Old Packaging and Waste Controls

Facility Vegan Awareness Training

Facility Laboratory Analyses

 

AUDIT AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS

The duration of a BeVeg audit is usually a day on field. (8-9 hours/day). The audit duration depending on;

Number of employees

Size of the manufacturing facility including on site storage facilities

Number of HACCP studies included in BeVeg-approved products and ingredients under audit (A HACCP study corresponds to a product family with similar hazard and similar production technology in terms of time spent in the field)

If there is only vegan product production in the field, this will shorten the required audit times, however an example, the purchase record, the purchase control policy and the final field assessment processed on the field still need to be verified to the end of the vegan claim.

Certification Process

Receiving the application and offering (The audit period varies depending on the size of the company, the number of employees and the process.)

Signing a contract

Audit planning (The audit is carried out announced or unannounced.)

Carrying out the audit

Completion of the audit process

Preparation of the audit report and if as positive submit to BeVeg