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Animal testing policy

Core criteria for approval under the Humane Cosmetics Standard

To be approved under the Humane Cosmetics Standard a company must adhere to the following criteria:

The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) shall recognise cosmetic and toiletry products as 'Not Tested On Animals' provided that the company producing or selling them:

1. Does not and shall not conduct, commission or be party to animal testing of any cosmetic product including without limitation ingredients and formulations of such products.

2. Does not and shall not purchase any ingredient, formulation or product from suppliers that have conducted, commissioned or been a party to animal testing* on said ingredient, formulation or product, after a fixed cut-off date. A company distributing its own-label products that are supplied by a third party manufacturer shall require that the manufacturer of those products does not and shall not purchase any ingredient, formulation or product from suppliers that conducted, commissioned or were party to animal testing* on said ingredient, formulation or product after the company's fixed cut-off date.

3. To ensure that ingredients, formulations and products meet the criteria in (2) above, a company seeking approval under the Humane Cosmetics Standard shall obtain annually and maintain on file Declarations of Product and Raw Material Compliance from each of its product manufacturers and suppliers of ingredients used in its products (excluding growers of natural agricultural ingredients). This documentation shall form part of the company's Supplier Monitoring System and shall be made available for assessment, within six months of approval, by an independent auditor and at least once every three years thereafter.