Vegan
It records the absence of animal input and nothing else: a sheet of virgin fossil-based PVC is vegan. Presented as an environmental credential, it is a misleading claim an enforcement authority can dismantle in a single sentence.
Meaning by context
No harmonised legal definition for materials. In practice it means no animal-derived input, enforced only through general unfair-commercial-practice rules.
No FTC definition. A general advertising claim requiring substantiation.
PETA-Approved Vegan is a supplier declaration that the article contains no animal input. It carries no environmental requirement.
Where this goes wrong
‘Vegan’ says nothing about environmental impact. A 100% virgin fossil-based PVC sheet is vegan. Presenting it as a sustainability credential is a misleading-claim risk, and it is one an enforcement authority can dismantle in a single sentence.