Vegan Product Renewal and Surveillance

Keep changes linked to owner review

If an input, formula or production process changes, identify affected licensed products and follow the owner’s review conditions. Keep material replies, testing responsibilities and shared-contact controls current. An unchanged package or paid renewal cannot silently extend acceptance to a changed product. Agree actual renewal and change tasks separately and retain the owner’s product-scope decision.

Programme conditions and worked assessment

Example: A cosmetics range documents only its main botanical ingredients, leaving perfume subcomponents and processing aids unexplained. Complete uncertain origins using manufacturer codes and process statements. Compare formula version, supplier and relevant testing responsibilities with the selected programme. Review shared production and cross-contact controls too. A generic ingredient name is not an origin statement. A buyer request does not itself satisfy every licensing or legal-acceptance condition; permission depends on the actual owner's assessment of the documented finished products.

Evidence and authority boundary

Vegan criteria and allergen or consumer safety are distinct matters. Confirm programme and buyer requirements; a plant-origin statement cannot automatically establish a licence or risk-free result.

Official sources

Checked: 3 October 2026. Worked examples are hypothetical evidence-planning cases, not customer transactions.

• www.vegansociety.com