Companies resume animal tests for China’s market

Ad-International (2013) argues that there is a growing trend among firms today to adopt animal tests. The trend has been witnessed as a result of the increasing need to venture into the Chinese market. The major cosmetics companies such as L’Oreal which had implemented non-animal testing policies are no longer categorized as cruelty free and this is because of expanding into China where animal testing is mandatory. China is years behind on this issue and has shown little interest in stopping the vice. The author argues of the need to maintain pressure globally so as to end the issue of animal testing.

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Animal Defenders international (2013) ‘Companies resume animal tests for China’s market’, 7 March, Available at: http://www.ad-international.org/publications/go.php?id=3049 (Accessed: 26 January, 2014)