The Vegan Awareness Foundation began offering a certification for vegan-made products in 1998. The foundation is often called Vegan Action, and the logo is a registered trademark that says certified vegan. The logo can be used on cosmetics, clothing, food and any other products that do not contain animal products and have not been tested on animals. To get the certification on your vegan-made products, you need to fill out the application found on the Vegan Awareness Foundation's website.
Instructions
1. Fill out the application completely and truthfully. The takes its certification seriously, so you must have a truly vegan product.
2. Include payment for licensing fee. Depending on your annual sales, the fee ranges from $120 to $2,000 dollars at the time of publication. New companies can receive a 10 percent discount on their first year's fee.
3. Attach required paperwork. You need to have a list of ingredients for each product, including the source of each ingredient, information on the processing methods and what cleaning methods are used. You need a signed statement that you do not use animal testing and that the ingredients you use are not tested on animals. Finally, if your products have sugar, you need to get verification from your sugar supplier that the sugar is not filtered through bone char. Most sugar suppliers have this statement readily available.
4. Send your application and wait about four weeks to receive an answer on your certification.
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