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
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