MPs concerned that real fur is being sold as fake

MPS have called for a consultation to ban the sale of real fur after finding that retailers and trading standards are “complacent” about it being labelled as fake.

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee found local authorities and trading standards have been “poor” at enforcing regulations around the sale of real fur following its inquiry into reports that major high street and online retailers were selling it as fake.

The committee called for a consul- tation on a ban on the sale of real fur.

The inquiry follows recent cases of real fur being sold as fake by major high-street and online retailers including TK Maxx, BooHoo, Amazon, Not On The High Street, Groupon, Etsy, Tesco, FatFace, Boots, Kurt Geiger and Romwe. The committee noted many of these retailers had nofur policies, but the “faux” material came from animals including rabbit, fox and chinchilla.

Committee chairman Neil Parish said: “Reports of real fur being sold as fake fur shows that retailers are flouting their responsibility to consumers.

“The mis-selling of real fur should not be discovered by campaign organisations and the media, but by trading standards officers and retailers.” Please post me free & without obligation full details of the Alta2 Pro hearing aid. Tick if pensioner.