Label stating fur type in English and scientific Latin

 

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Consumer Assurance

Origin Assured OA™ is a new fur industry initiative designed to promote transparency of product origin. Just as people wish increasingly to know the sources of their food, coffee and clothing, research among designers and consumers has shown that they too would like to know about the source of their fur.

When consumers see the OA™ label they can be certain that, wild or farmed, the fur comes from a country where national or local regulations or standards governing fur production are in force. OA™ labels can only be used on items which are 100% Origin Assured fur.

BFTA strongly advises customers and designers to ask for fur/garments with an attached OA™ hangtag.

Only certain countries and species qualify for the OA™ mark at the moment.

The label’s proper use is monitored by an independent international agency.

For further information please visit the Origin Assured™ website. 

In addition to this, BFTA continues with its current fur labelling initiative, which promotes the labelling of all fur items with the name of the individual fur species in English and scientific Latin.

All other EU members of the International Fur Trade Federation (IFTF), Norway and Switzerland have similar labelling initiatives in place.

The initiative is mandatory for BFTA retail members, and is also open to non-BFTA members. For further details please contact: info@britishfur.co.uk

Current members include:

Gale Furs

Tel: 020 7722 5870

Glyn's Collections

Conavon Court

12 Blackfriars Street

Manchester M3 5BY

Tel: 0161 834 7581

Hockley

20 Conduit Street

London W1S 2XW

Tel: 020 7493 6362

www.hockleylondon.com

John Kay & Co

Tel: 020 7722 6804

RDK Designs

Tel: 020 7281 1201

www.efur.co.uk

Noble Furs Ltd

3 New Burlington Place

LondonW1S 2HR

Tel: 020 7734 6394

Overseas associates

Julie Dawson Ltd.

P.O. Box 29501

Christchurch 8030

New Zealand