Halal cosmetics is a growing sector. Its potential market is currently estimated at $53 billion, rising to $80 billion by 2020. Given its large size, standards, regulations and consumer awareness are evolving rapidly.
Issues such as obtaining halal certification for cosmetics has hence become more pertinent. This is inevitable since halal includes the welfare of animals, and so testing products on animals would be considered masbooh (doubtful) because of the harm it could do to the animal. It also allows one to appreciate that halal is not just about animal-based ingredients in products which may be haram (forbidden), but also includes the aspect of tayyib (pure) during production.
GROWTH IN AWARENESS OF HALAL PRODUCTS
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Salama Evans, DinarStandard Senior Associate