Cosmetic Brands Animal Testing

Due to the harm done to the animal subjects this testing is opposed by animal rights activists and others.

Cosmetic art dental lab. Rats are usually forced to inhale or consume specific cosmetic or have it rubbed on a shaved part of their skin daily for about 90days and then killed. The following information addresses the legal requirement for cosmetic safety and fda policy on developing. Cosmetic companies use several animals when testing the safety of their products.

Some of the most common animals include mice rats rabbits dogs guinea pigs and in some cases human beings. Five years later it also ended the testing of ingredients following this up with a ban on the import and sale of new cosmetics tested on animals abroad in 2013. Cosmetic animal testing is banned in colombia the european union united kingdom india israel and norway.

Consumers and manufacturers sometimes ask about the use of animals for testing cosmetics. If animal testing becomes a requirement for any. Cosmetic testing on animals is a type of animal testing used to test the safety and hypoallergenic properties of products for use by humans.

We support calls for a global ban on animal testing for cosmetics and a growing number of our brands including dove are certified by peta. Sephora sells its products in china where animal testing is required by law for foreign cosmetics. The makeup companies in the graphic below dont support tests on sensitive intelligent animals.

While there are many cruelty free brands sold in sephora stores sadly sephoras own brand is not cruelty free. Cosmeticstypically defined as products that are intended to be applied or introduced into the human body for the purposes of cleansing or beautificationare for the most part not required to undergo animal testing in the us. Big beauty brands that care more about revenue and profits than the animals choose to sell in china and still do animal testing.

The european union introduced a ban on the testing of finished cosmetic products shampoo make up toothpaste etc on animals in 2004. There are exceptions including hair dyes certain cleaning products and anti bacterial soaps. Here are some of the top cosmetics brands whose products are still tested on animalsand some brands that dont test on animals that you should support.

If the chinese government suspects a product is harmful to humans they frequently pulls products from shelves to conduct their own animal testing.