‘No animal test’ rule to apply to imported cosmetics too

P.T. Jyothi Datta and Purvita Chatterjee (2013) argues that India has enacted a legislation that will see to it that the imported range of cosmetic products have a declaration that they are free of animal tests. The DTAB has recommended these provisions in order to stamp out animal testing. L’Oreal argued that it had stopped animal testing on all its products and hence did not see how the decision could impact on their business. The company argued that unlike China where it has to test its products on animals, it is not affected by the decision in India.

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Jyothi Datta, P.T. and Chatterjee, P. (2013) ‘‘No animal test’ rule to apply to imported cosmetics too’, Business Line, 5 December, Available at: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/no-animal-test-rule-to-apply-to-imported-cosmetics-too/article5425404.ece (Accessed: 6 January, 2014)