E.U. Bans Cosmetics With Animal-Tested Ingredients

                                                                                            Julien Warnand/European Pressphoto Agency
                                          Tonio Borg, the European Union's commissioner for health and consumer 
                                         policy, said in a draft announcement that Europe was trying to set an example.

James Kanter (2013) reports on the Ban of cosmetics with animal tested ingredients in the EU. The EU while introducing the ban indicated that there is a need for firms across the world to stop animal testing and promote alternatives. The author argues that although the ban will affect many companies that are engaged in the vice, third world countries may just form the next destination for firms that use animals for testing. China has continued to hold onto animal testing with larger cosmetic companies such as L’Oreal being required by law to obey. The EU is urging global acceptance with a push for China to implement the same.

Reference: 

Kenter, J. (2013) ‘E.U. Bans Cosmetics With Animal-Tested Ingredients’, The New York Times, 11 March, Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/business/global/eu-to-ban-cosmetics-with-animal-tested-ingredients.html?_r=0 (Accessed: 18 January, 2014)