What are Cruelty-Free Products?
Typically, these are products that do not use animal tests to allegedly prove that they are safe for humans. According to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), “The animal tests are not designed to protect consumers. They are used to determine whether products should carry warning labels.” In other words, the product may still cause harm, but having inflicted pain on many rabbits and other defenseless creatures, the product can contain a warning label such as “may cause skin irritation.” MFA PA already promotes products that are not tested on animals; however, we want to go further and promote cruelty-free vendors as well – those who assure us that they will not turn around and use the money they earn from our supporters to inflict pain on other animals. The minimum requirement for being listed in the Cruelty-Free Directory is that the vendors have no link to hunting or fishing, either as a participant in these activities or a landowner who allows such activities on
