If you want to buy real organic, natural, vegan or cruelty free skin care products, then you should look for these logos.
If you see this logo on a product you can be sure it contains at least 95% organic ingredients. Products made with a minimum 70% and under 95% organic ingredients, may display "made with organic ingredients," but cannot display the USDA organic label. Synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, irradiation, and genetic engineering may not be used. It is a non-profit organization formed by natural cosmetic manufacturers in Europe. They certify to three levels: BDIH is the Association of Industries and Trading Firms for pharmaceuticals, health care products, food supplements and personal hygiene products. It's a German association. As far as possible, raw materials obtained from plants should be used from controlled biological cultivation, taking quality and availability into account, or controlled biological wild collections. No animal testing may be performed or commissioned when end products are manufactured, developed or tested. Raw materials that were not available on the market before 01.01.1998 may only be used if they have not been tested on animals. This does not include animal testing performed by third parties who neither were ordered/prompted by the ordering party to do so nor are associated to the ordering party by company law or by contract. It is prohibited to use raw materials obtained from dead vertebrates (e.g. spermaceti, terrapin oil, mink oil, marmot fat, animal fats, animal collagen or living cells). The use of inorganic salts and raw materials obtained from minerals is generally permitted, except: organic-synthetic dyes, synthetic fragrances, ethoxylated raw materials, silicones, paraffin and other petroleum products. The criterion which determines which aromatic substances are permitted is mainly ISO 9235. For the production of natural cosmetics, it is permissible to use components which are extracted through hydrolysis, hydrogenation, esterification, transesterification or other crackings and condensations from the following natural materials: fats, oils and waxes, lecithins, lanolin, monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, proteins and lipoproteins. The actual raw material use is regulated by the positive list for development and production of certified natural cosmetics. To ensure that products are microbiologically safe, certain nature-identical preservatives are allowed in addition to natural preservatives. These are:
When these preservatives are used, products must be labelled
“preserved with ... [name of preservative]” It is forbidden to disinfect organic raw materials and completed cosmetic products using radioactive radiation. OASIS (Organic and Sustainable Industry Standards) is a nonprofit mutual benefit organization, aka, a Trade Association based in the US. They certify to 2 standards: In 1997, Ecocert was one of the first French companies to install its head office in bioclimatic buildings and insist on using only recycled paper. Requires a minimum 95% of natural ingredients and a maximum of 5% of ingredients of synthetic origin. 10% of total product by weight (including the weight of water) must be organic. Their analysis applies to two business sectors: According to David Bronner (product maker of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap) "it is the most permissive and misleading standard, because it is the only standard that allows the use of petrochemicals as both cleaning agents and as preservatives, and because it goes beyond even OASIS and NaTrue in allowing the use of the word "organic" on products that have as little as 10% organic content." COSMEBIO is the leading ecological and organic cosmetics professional association. It was born in 2002. They use 2 logos. Their standards for the Bio logo: They allow synthetic ingredients in 5%. Their standards for the Eco logo: They allow synthetic ingredients in 5%. NSF International is an independent, not-for-profit US based organization that provides standards development, product certification, auditing, education and risk management for public health and the environment. A product has to contain a minimum of 70% organic ingredients to use its "made with organic" claim. It allows a few synthetic preservatives that are identical to compounds found in nature, according to Bronner. Soil Association inspects and awards organic certification to farms and businesses that meet their organic standards. Any product sold as ‘organic’ must comply with strict rules set at UK, European and international levels. Soil Association Certification is the UK's largest organic certification body, responsible for certifying over 70% of all organic products sold in the country. An organic product has to contain at least 95% organic ingredients. Products made with a minimum 70% and under 95% organic ingredients, may display "made with organic ingredients."
You can read their Health and beauty standards here: Soil Association standards Founded in 1936, the Natural Products Association is the nation’s largest and oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to the natural products industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sets standards for use of the term "natural" for meat and poultry. The agency also regulates use of the term "organic" under the Organic Foods Production Act. While the Food and Drug Administration does not have a formal definition for the term natural, the agency has not objected to its use on food labels provided they are truthful and not misleading. About their personal care products standard, you can read here: NPA info VEGAN ACTION is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (FIN# 94-3224024) dedicated to helping animals, the environment, and human health by educating the public about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle and encouraging the spread of vegan options through our public outreach campaigns. Their motivation is working to end cruelty to animals and they don’t feel that avoiding trace amounts of animal products in vegan foods helps end animal suffering. It is far better for the animals that these vegan products exist. It is a registered trademark for products that do not contain animal products or byproducts and that have not been tested on animals. The Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics’ (CCIC) Leaping Bunny Program administers a cruelty-free standard and the internationally recognized Leaping Bunny Logo for companies producing cosmetics or household products. The Leaping Bunny Program provides the best assurance that no animal testing is used in any phase of product development by the company, its laboratories, or suppliers. You can find on their sites U.S., Canadian and European companies which have the Leaping Bunny logo. Here you can download their shopping guide: Leaping Bunny shopping guide Sources:
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