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To label a product with KRAV, you must be able to demonstrate compliance with the extra requirements of the KRAV Standards. The basic extra requirements, including those for packaging, are described here.
For multi-ingredient products, at least 90% of the ingredients must meet the extra requirements. An organic ingredient may not be used if a KRAV-certified ingredient of the same type is available. The KRAV-certified importer must be able to provide documentation showing that the extra requirements are met in primary production and at every stage of production or processing.
Country group 2
As of January 2022, a new standard for social responsibility came into effect, with a one-year transition period. These standards apply to imports and products brought in from EU and EEA countries, as well as from Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan (referred to as country group 2).
Under this standard, KRAV-certified companies importing or bringing in products from these countries must work systematically to identify and minimise social responsibility risks at the supplier level. For more details, see Standard 16.3.2 and Section 16.5.
For companies that do not yet have a supplier evaluation system covering social responsibility, KRAV provides tools on the website.
Country group 1
The standards for social responsibility for all other countries are specified in Standard 16.3.1 and Section 16.4.
KRAV recognises that products certified under certain standards meet the KRAV requirements for social responsibility for country group 1.
The standard regarding country group 1 can also be verified using the KRAV checklists, where no relevant certification exists.
This standard applies to sugarcane, oil palm, soy, coffee, cocoa or coconut palm. Cultivation or other enduring changes in areas with natural ecosystems with a high conservation value (HCV) is prohibited.
Certification by most standards comply with the extra requirements for both social responsibility and protection of natural areas with conservation value.
The standard can also be verified through a verification form where no relevant certification exists or when the producers are certified by a system that does not fully comply with the KRAV requirements.
The maximum permissible level allowed for unintentional presence of GMOs or genetically modified material is 0.9%. Use the KRAV Risk Lists to assess whether there is a need for a special certificate or sampling.
Bisphenol A must not intentionally be used in packaging for KRAV-certified products.
PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and other chlorine-based plastics must not be used in primary packaging for KRAV-certified products. PVC may however be used in lid seals and liners on metal, when you can show that alternative solutions do not guarantee adequate shelf-life or quality of the food in question. A condition is that you are working on a phase-out plan.
These standards apply only to primary packaging.
If you allow a non-KRAV-certified supplier outside of Sweden to package and KRAV-label your products, you must have a contract with the supplier. The contract must give you control over how the KRAV-labelling is used and give you and your certification body the right to inspect your supplier’s production if required. The supplier must be certified according to EU Regulation (EC) 2018/848. The following must be included in the contract between the KRAV licensee and the supplier:
