How Can I Tell If It Is Tested On Animals

[maggie01]

I bought a gift set for my grandson who is a vegan. Now I am not sure if it is acceptable

[EcclesCake]

A gift set of what?

[Maydup]

What is is Maggie?

[Maydup]

Is this any help?

http://www.uncaged.co.uk/animaltesting.htm

[atalanta]

There is a movement towards providing all sorts of non-food items which are Halal. If you go to an area of Muslim people, you may well be able to buy Halal goods which are certified free of animal connections.

[jomifl]

Is he not allowed to touch animals?. If there is some rule about touching dead animals, remember that the epidermis(outer layer of the skin) is dead. He isn't going to eat it is he?
Atalanta, 'halal' just means ritually killed to conform to the directives of the koran and I believe applies to foodstuff because of the directive not to eat blood.

[atalanta]

Nevertheless, there is a strong movement towards providing non-food Halal goods. Ask your Muslim friends or go to the Soho Road in Birmingham

[daffy654]

Halal only applies to food, how can anything else possibly be classed as halal?

[ladybirder]

You mean like a hair slide for instance that's had its throat cut?

[maggie01]

Sorry that was a bit stupid. I should gave said bath and shower gel etc
He doesn't eat, use or wear anything to do with animals or by products of animals

[jomifl]

Of course he does Maggie almost every atom or molecule has been through an animal many times. The only way to avoid using animal related products is to die.

[woofgang]

Jomifli that is a specious answer and you know it.

[pixie373]

Maybe go to the Body Shop. None of theirs is tested on animals (assuming they still exist- our local one has gone).

[Robinia]

The problem with products claiming to be 'not tested on animals' is that although the finished item may not have been but some of the individual ingredients may have.
Hope that makes sense.

[pixie373]

Sorry- you've already bought it... It should say on the packaging and bottles if it's not been tested on animals and there's a picture of a rabbit.

[Robinia]

Ha, sorry, it was a bit garbled but I'm sure you get the gist.

[ummmm]

Didn't bodyshop get into trouble when it was found that some of the ingredients they used were tested on animals?

[pixie373]

You're right, robinia, although they also state whether the ingredients are tested on animals, too.

[jomifl]

woofgang, I was just following a line of reasoning following the premise that any substance connected with exploitation of or cruelty to animals is untouchable. So how removed from 'sin' does an item have to be before it become 'kosher'?

[jomifl]

By the way, humans are animals too.

[maggie01]

Thank you all. I have found l product called Bulldog which isn't tested on animals or contain animal products. The other gift can go to his brother.. Next time it will be a gift voucher