Caged Civet Coffee Banned by UTZ Certified
UTZ Certified, the leading label for sustainable coffee production, will no longer certify producers that use caged civets and other animals to produce coffee.This marks a major success in our civet coffee campaign, which we launched in September 2013, following a BBC investigation into civet coffee production in Indonesia. We've been working with UTZ Certified and other certification bodies to explore how certified coffee producers can avoid involvement with caged civet coffee production. The UTZ Code of Conduct will be open for public consultation in Indonesia later this year to