A company must be certified according to Chapter 16 of the KRAV Standards in order to import or bring in products and market them as KRAV-certified.
Companies certified under the KRAV standards for Import and brining in of products may label products originating outside Sweden with the KRAV label if:
- the products are certified as organic in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or another standard recognized by the EU; and
- the production complies with KRAV’s extra requirements.
KRAV’s extra requirements vary depending on the type of production and must be verified annually. Verification is required both at the stage of primary production and at all stages where processing or further production takes place.
The KRAV-certified company is responsible for ensuring that these extra requirements are met. Therefore, suppliers to KRAV-certified companies must not only hold valid organic certification under Regulation (EU) 2018/848, but must also comply with the relevant KRAV extra requirements.
Compliance with the extra requirements can be verified either through certification to a higher-level standard recognized by KRAV or through an audit based on KRAV’s checklists.
Once compliance has been verified, the importer, that is, the KRAV-certified company, must register the relevant product(s) on the KRAV website. Only after registration may the products be marketed with the KRAV label.
During the annual audit of the KRAV-certified company, the certification body will review compliance with the extra requirements. Suppliers must therefore provide the KRAV-certified company with the documentation needed to demonstrate compliance with these requirements.