Cruelty Free Shopping

There are around 3000 companies/universities in Britain that hold a license to test on animals.  Every year in British laboratories alone approximately 3 million animals are tormented and killed in the name of research.  They are poisoned, scalded, wounded, blinded, brain damaged or electrocuted.  Two thirds will receive no anaesthetic during ‘procedures’ which are often more suited to a medieval torture chamber than a modern lab.

DON’T BE A PART OF THIS CRUELTY

BOYCOTT PRODUCTS TESTED ON ANIMALS!

Below is a list of companies that do and don’t test on animals.  We recommend printing a copy of this list and taking it shopping with you – Before you buy, check who makes the product on the back of the packaging.

 

NON-ANIMAL TESTING COMPANIES
Aldi
own brand (except hairspray)
Astonish
from Home Bargains
Bio D
Betterware
Co-Op
(all own brands)
Nisa
(Costcutter, Londis & Budgens)
Honesty
Netto
(all own brand products)
Sainsburys
(all except household)
Marks & Spencer
(own brand make-up/toiletries and household products)
Lush
Somerfield
(all own brand products)
John Lewis
(own brand toiletries only)
Clearspring
Holland & Barrett
Yaoh

The following companies either openly use animal-tested chemicals, or fail to demonstrate that the finished product and the ingredients they use have not been tested on animals since a fixed cut-off date.

COMPANIES TO BOYCOTT
Avon Cosmetics
Jeyes
Beiersdorf
Johnson & Johnson
The Body Shop/L’Oreal+
Coty (owned by Benckiser)
Dylon Mayborn
Eco-co Products
Clairol
L’Oreal/Nestlé
Clinique
Proctor & Gamble
Colgate Palmolive
PZ Cussons
Coty
Reckitt Benckiser
Ecover*
Revlon
Estée Lauder
SC Johnson
FCUK
Warner Lambert
Garnier
Yardley
Gillette
Yves Rocher
GlaxoSmithKline
Yves Saint Laurent
Elizabeth Arden
Roche
Schwarzkoft & Henkel
Warner Lambert
Wilkinson Sword
Wella
Helena Rubenstein
Unilever/Lever Faberge

+ The Body Shop are now owned by L’Oreal/Nestlé.
* Ecover do not have a FCOD, they follow the ‘5 year rolling rule’, which is why they feature on the ‘bad’ list.

 

Animal Free Shopper

No-one should be without this shopping guide to cruelty free living. Sections include food, drink, footwear, toiletries, remedies, child and animal care. Plus there is a new section on chocolate, together with listings of useful addresses. Click here to purchase

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HEALTH CHARITIES AND ANIMAL TESTING

While many health charities fund or conduct experiments on animals, there are many more who direct their resources toward non-animal research or to help sufferers in other ways. Some charities may not be directly involved in animal research but are members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) – an organisation that supports and promotes the use of animals in laboratories.

Below is a link to view a list of health charities and their status. This list is not definitive, as policies change. Please contact Animal Aid should you have received a reply from a charity about their animal testing policy, so that we may keep this file up to date.

List of health charities and animal testing