LOOK FOR THE VEGAN LABEL: New vegan product certification for apparel and footwear
Vegan clothing, footwear and textile products refer to items that are produced without exploiting animal derived materials, such as leather, fur, fibre, glue, dye and chemicals.
LEONIE BARRIE: Testing and audit services provider TÜV SÜD has launched a vegan product certification for apparel, footwear and home textiles. The certification aims to demonstrate companies’ animal-friendly commitments by ensuring that the final textile or leather products do not contain animal-derived materials through a series of material composition tests as well as audits and monitoring of the production process. The final goal is to make it easier and more reliable for consumers to purchase vegan products… After passing the certification, companies will be granted a vegan product certification mark issued by TÜV SÜD…
As well as ensuring that materials used in the products don’t contain any animal derived materials, factories must also take adequate control measures to ensure that final products are not adulterated with animal derived ingredients. TÜV SÜD’s unified standards and testing procedures for vegan product certification cover three activities: a non-animal derived component test, a review list of materials and chemicals used during production, and production surveillance to ensure the product does not contain or mix with animal source ingredients…
An increasing number of consumers and organisations are concerned with animal rights: they believe that animals are not intended for human consumption, clothing, experimentation or any other forms of abuse. Veganism is also starting to become a popular lifestyle choice for many consumers. Vegan clothing, footwear and home textile products refer to products that are produced without exploiting animal derived materials, such as leather, fur, animal fibre (such as wool, silk), glue, dye and chemical substances (such as beeswax, carmine dye extracted from cochineal insects) in the production process. SOURCE…
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