Animal Products - Non-foodstuff

Non-foodstuff

  • Animal fiber
  • Ambergris
  • Beeswax
  • Blood and some blood substitutes (blood used for transfusions is always human in origin, though some blood substitutes are made from animal sources. Many diagnostic laboratory tests use animal or human sourced reagents)
  • Casein (used in plastics, clothing, cosmetics, adhesives and paint)
  • Castoreum (secretion of the beaver used in perfumes and possibly in food flavoring)
  • Coral rock
  • Ejaculate (used in artificial insemination)
  • Feathers
  • Fur
  • Gallstones (from livestock for Traditional Chinese Medicine)
  • Horn, including antlers, ivory, tusks, etc.
  • Ivory
  • Lanolin
  • Leather
  • Manure
  • Mink oil
  • Musk
  • Pearl or mother of pearl
  • Scales
  • Silk
  • Sponges
  • Tallow, may be used in food and soap
  • Tortoiseshell
  • Urine
  • Venom (used to produce human and veterinary antivenin)
  • Wool

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