Certification Guidelines

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IVVF strictly adheres to our carefully crafted international standard and norms. Kindly peruse our certification guidelines carefully in order for us to consult you relevantly.

In order for a product to be approved for Our Certification it must NOT contain meat, fish, fowl, animal by-products, eggs or egg products, milk or milk products, honey or honey bee products, insects or products from insects such as silk or dyes, or sugar filtered with bone char.

Products may NOT contain or be sourced from leather, fur, silk, feathers, down, bone, horn, shell, wool, cashmere, shearling, angora, animal skin, suede, or mohair.

Sweeteners may NOT be filtered or processed with bone char.

Liquids such as beer, wine, maple syrup, and fruit juices may NOT be filtered, defoamed, or clarified with animal products.

Products must NOT have involved animal testing of ingredients or finished products by the supplier, producer, manufacturer, or independent party and may not be tested in the future.

Products may not contain any animal-derived GMO's or animal-derived genes used to manufacture ingredients or finished product.

In addition, companies, individuals or organisations must submit and have approved by the INTERNATIONAL VEGAN AND VEGETARIAN FOUNDATION that acceptable steps are taken to thoroughly clean and sanitize all surfaces, vessels, utensils, and machinery used between vegan or vegetarian and non-vegan or non-vegetarian production cycles to minimize cross-contamination if shared machinery is used.

No Animal Products

Products approved to carry the IVVF Certified logo must not contain ingredients of meat, fish, fowl, animal by-products (including silk or dyes from insects), eggs or egg products, milk or milk products, honey or honey bee products, or be clarified or finished with any animal products depending upon the type of certification.

IVVF No Animal Products
IVVF No Animal Testing

No Animal Testing

Products must involve no animal testing of ingredients or finished product by supplier, producer, manufacturer or independent party.

No Animal GMO's

Products must contain no known animal-derived GMOs or genes used to manufacture ingredients or finished products.

IVVF No Animal GMO's
IVVF Provide Verification

Provide Verification

Products must provide supplier verification that animal products were not used in the manufacturing of ingredients.