The ICEA Let's face it: the forest certification should ensure that the ethics of cosmetic products and detergents (reassuring them that they have not been tested on animals) is broad and does not deprive and pitfalls of "eco-fraud". For this
Natividad issue - several times - a sort of "overview" of the most popular certifications available, trying to verify reliability and validity.
start with the most famous, the ICEA, created by the agreement between the Environmental Ethics Institute Certification, the LAV, Anti-Vivisection League, and numerous other international animal welfare organizations.
The words "Stop animal testing" and the symbol with the bunny on a white background that we reported at the top of this article is granted to those products meeting the Standard International "Not tested on animals" , which provides:
1. that manufacturers do not lead, no commissioning or have any part in tests on animals, either now or in the future;
2. who do not buy individual ingredients, formulations or manufactured by companies that have conducted, commissioned or taken part in tests on animals after the date of entry into force of policy of the Company.
Note that no company can guarantee that no ingredient is ever tested on animals, because all the substances currently used in cosmetics have been tested in the past, but it is obvious that existing companies can not be held responsible for what happened in a more or less distant past. What matters is that they declare TODAY contrary to animal testing and do everything possible to ensure that this barbaric practice fall into disuse.
How?
Through a written agreement (the year duration) between the manufacturers of cosmetics and detergents, and raw material supplier firms. The conclusion of a written document (in the past, such agreements "not tested" were done verbally!) Allow constant monitoring of the suppliers of raw materials and ensure that standards are met.
Which companies?
Identify ICEA certified companies and therefore controlled by LAV at first glance may not be easy: there are many certifications are not misleading, but also lists all products on alleged "cruelty free". Recall that, in order to possess a valid ICEA-LAV, cosmetics and / or detergents to appear a written like this: " Certified by ICEA - Stop animal testing - LAV ... No." together with the previously mentioned symbol with the bunny.
can be found on the website for guidance in the purchase of the LAV (under "Our campaigns" -> Vivisection -> Test cosmetics) and this page Site ICEA, although I have noticed that there are some companies " virtuous "to correctly set the above words on the packaging of their products but do not appear on the lists-LAV ICEA: This discrepancy is probably due to a delay in updating the online guides and brochures? I'd found so if anyone has reliable information about these cases, please inform me: I will keep up to date this article.
I refer, for example, the company Ecor : I recently purchased the liquid detergent for hand washing and environmental toothpaste and both ICEA certification on the bottle, but the company Ecor is not present in the lists of LAV approved companies.
Finally, as a proper conclusion of this article, remember that these days began the new European campaign to put an end to animal testing in the cosmetics, wanted by the coalition ECEAE, which includes the largest animal welfare organizations Europe. The campaign aims to collect as many signatures as possible in order to put pressure on the governments of individual states to declare unlawful the cruel practice of animal testing. You can sign the petition on the site Nocruelscosmetics.org . The notice regarding the prohibition of animal testing with respect to cosmetic products should enter into force in 2013 but the deadline is likely to slip again, this is to condemn to death in the near future thousands of innocent animals. Useful Resources:
• driving the LAV Not Tested ;
• the list of approved companies on the site ICEA ;
• Petition No Cruel Cosmetics , to approve the EU ban against the testing of cosmetics on animals in 2013;
• the full text of "International Standard is not tested on animals" that there is always available at Related documents this blog.
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