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Block The Reintroduction of Animal Testing in Lancashire
Urges Salon Business Solutions
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Distribution company SALON BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (SBS), which counts Nine Yards, EveryGreen and R+Co among its brands, is calling on the hair and beauty industry to back a campaign to stop the reintroduction of animal testing to the UK.
SBS are urging UK salons and spas to contact their local MP to support the campaign by animal welfare charity Cruelty Free International (CFI) to ensure that the UK government doesn’t reintroduce animal testing for cosmetics and beauty products.
Salons wishing to receive a template letter can
request this by emailing: info@sbs-hair.com
Co-founder Adam Riley says, “We were astonished and appalled to hear that in 2021, the UK government is considering the completely unnecessary reintroduction of animal testing for the cosmetics industry, a practice that was rightly banned in 1998.
Animal welfare charity Cruelty Free International (CFI) says that animal testing on ingredients exclusively used in cosmetics could be required, after being told by the Home Office that the government had ‘reconsidered its policy.’ We are urging the industry to stand up against this utterly barbaric practice, which would be a huge step backwards in this country.
We have created a template letter that salons and brands can send to their local MPs to show them that we will not tolerate a return to animal cruelty, and we wholeheartedly support CFI’s campaign to hold the government to account. This must not be allowed to become law.”
The Guardian has reported that in a letter, the government said it was aligning itself with a decision made last year by the appeals board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which said that some ingredients used only in cosmetics needed to be tested on animals to ensure they were safe.*
Vegan hair and beauty products have been the standout growth story of the industry in recent years; the vegan cosmetics market is anticipated to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5% during the forecasted period (2021-2026), increasing to $20.8B by 2025.
The shift in consumer preference during the pandemic led consumers to seek out healthier cosmetics options causing the sales of organic and vegan products to surge.
The market growth is driven by increasing consumer awareness of the usage of animal-derived ingredients, and the increasing demand from mainstream consumers across the world for vegan-certified products is expected to push the revenue generation in the global market over the medium term. The demand for natural hair colours is growing in the cosmetics market. **
A 2020 survey from UK charity Frame found that 84% of respondents would not buy a cosmetics product if they knew it, or one of its ingredients, had been tested on animals.*
- Salon Business Solutions Co-founder, Adam Riley
*Source: www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/11/uk-could-allow-animal-tests-for-cosmetic-ingredients-for-first-time-since-1998 **Source: www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/vegan-cosmetics-market
