SOLD IN CHINA: L’OREAL BUYS BACK INTO ANIMAL TESTING

Elizabeth Culliford (2013) argues that China is a big market for cosmetic products and this has made international players to enter the market.  L’Oreal in particular had won the hearts of many with its policies against animal testing. However, the recent entry of the firm in China is seen as a move to embrace animal testing so as to penetrate the market. Although the firm argues that it does not do animal testing and only relies on science based expertise and alternative methods of testing, there is no guarantee that the firm does not conduct animal testing especially that the Chinese law requires the same. 

Reference: 
Culliford, E. (2013) ‘Sold in China: L’Oreal buys back into animal texting’, The World Of Chinese, 26 September, Available at: http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2013/09/sold-in-china-loreal-buys-back-into-animal-testing/ (Accessed: 22 December 2013).