A new policy in China will help end the extensive and needless suffering and deaths of thousands of animals killed in animal testing of cosmetics each year.
On January 1, China implemented an update to its 1990 Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulations. The changes allow qualifying countries to forgo animal testing on certain “general use” items like shampoo, blush, mascara, and perfume.
This policy change is a huge win for animals because, until the change, China only accepted cosmetics that passed animal tests. As the world’s second-largest cosmetics market, China also is a desirable destination for companies looking to sell items like mascara, blush, perfume, and other commodities.
That meant companies wanting to cash in on China’s lucrative cosmetics trade needed to subject animals to painful and senseless procedures, such as pouring shampoo into rabbit’s eyes or feeding animals large amounts of chemicals until they died to determine amounts that would constitute a “lethal dose.”
Only one legal loophole existed for bypassing animal testing requirements, allowing just a handful of international e-commerce companies, like Fenty Beauty and Drunk Elephant, to narrowly skirt around traditional regulations.
But under the new regulations, companies that earn a certificate through quality-testing of their cosmetics’ products and processes, and that pass a product safety assessment, will no longer have to worry about Chinese laboratories testing their products on animals for eye and skin irritation, nor will they be limited to selling their products online.
France already has jumped on the possibility for more compassionate consumerism and is slated to become the first European country to export cruelty-free cosmetic products to China.
By offering these concessions to its long-held standards, China’s updated legislation represents major progress in the ongoing fight to end cruel animal testing.
Personally, I would NOT believe a single word that is uttered from the government and people of CHINA….how can the world forget so quickly that CHINA is responsible for the terrible, heart-breaking pandemic that is devastating the whole world at this present time…..
Long as cruelty exist the world will never be peace from disease and viruses humans never learn until is to late the world is coming to end soon wake up to reality nothing good comes from cruelty of inocent deffensles other living beans they belong to this earth too
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stop a la tueris des animaux
The wording of this pronouncement is not very convincing. Even if it were China will continue to do what it wants to do, no matter what they claim. God alone can help the long suffering animals in China.
This is WONDERFUL, long-overdue news!! Now all those cosmetic companies who have been testing on animals in order to be able to sell their products in China can stop.
surprise surprise
That’s wonderful news, now if the rest of the
world would only follow through.
Bastards
Dont worry China will carry on, cheap words just like everything they make will not last but a very short time.
Not sure if l beleive any think thats comes out of China, or l see is a country that is so cruel to Animals like some other Asian countries.
We must stop testing on animals world wide .
Peace to all Animals.
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Hmmm. I’d like to believe this.
stop animal cruelty
If men and women need to wear cosmetics that have been tested on animals then they must be really ugly.
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Glad to hear China will not be testing cosmetics on animals. Now if we could just get them to stop eating dogs and cats.
Is this for real? At LAST!!!!
LoL no way that’s bullshit! Come on…
CHINA??? Despicable country!
I am guardedly saying “good news”. China has proven themselves untrustworthy on a variety of issues.
I do not believe one single word China says it will do is doing or has done with regard making animals live better, they lie end of story.
Good news on the face of it but I would like to see this closely monitored. It is China after all!!
Is there a catch to this, China? Really? Unfortunately you will still abuse animals in other ways.
A huge step forward. May more tests end and more animals enjoy freedom.
Is China finally becoming more humane towards animals? They have a long….very long way to go but this is a good start.