Henkel statement on animal testing
Henkel is responsible for safety, health and environmental matters relating to the production, distribution and use of its products. In fulfilling this responsibility, the raw materials and finished products are subjected to numerous tests and studies, most of which are required by law. Moreover, Henkel applies additional standards that guarantee a high level of product safety for consumers and the environment.
Henkel only performs animal testing if legal regulations so provide and no accepted alternative test methods are available for obtaining the required data.
For more than two decades, Henkel has worked intensively on the development of alternative methods capable of providing the information needed without animal testing. Such alternatives are often referred to as in-vitro methods (Latin: “in glass”), as the tests are carried out, for example, on cell systems.
We are developing new alternative test methods with the help of our full thickness skin model, which involves no animal testing. We use this full thickness skin model to assure the performance and quality of our finished products, e.g. to test the compatibility of our cosmetics products. One result of the use of the non-animal in-vitro tests (tests carried out in a test tube) developed so far has been the inclusion of a range of new cell and tissue culture systems in laboratory practice.
In addition to its continued scientific efforts, Henkel proactively works to accelerate the currently long-drawn process of legal accreditation of alternative test methods. The overall objective is to further reduce the number of animal tests and ultimately to eliminate the need for animal testing all together.
Henkel es una compañia con multiples actividades en Detergentes y Cuidado del Hogar, Cosmética y Adesivos, sus marcas en México son:
- Viva (jabones y detergentes lavandería)
- 123 (jabon lavandería)
- MAS color (jabón líquido lavandería)
- Bref (limpiador multi uso para hogar)
- Renuzit (aromatizante)
- citré shine (shampoo y acondicionador)
- Smooth'n Shine (estilizadores para cabello)
- Dial (jabones y jabones líquidos para manso y cuerpo)
- Sue (jabones de tocador)
- Pritt (adhesivo en barra)
- Resistol (adhesivos y resistoles)
- Loctite (adhesivos)
- Bully (adhesivo)
- Fester (impermeabilizante)
- Productos en ramso profesionales como silicones y pegamentos Furia, Sista, Metylan, Tangit, Simon, Konker, Thomsit,
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