Cosmetic Animal-Testing Regs Tighten Around Globe, Per EU’s Example
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
With Europe’s full animal-testing ban for cosmetic products slated for March, activist groups are now turning up pressure on Brazil, India and China to institute or improve animal-welfare laws. As of Jan. 1, Israel has outlawed the import of cosmetics tested on animals, so that the state “possibly become[s] the world’s first cruelty-free cosmetics market,” Humane Society International notes.
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