http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/are-clinique-clarins-dior-and-more-illegally-marketing-cosmetics-tested-on-animals/
New research by PETA US suggests that nine leading cosmetics companies may be quietly breaking UK and European law by continuing to sell products that are also marketed in China, where tests on animals are required by law. Estée Lauder admitted the apparent violation of the law, and there was no denial from the other companies in an article in The Sunday Times, which covered PETA US’ findings.
We’re demanding that the government investigate retailers – including Benefit, Bliss, Caudalie, Clarins, Clinique, Dior, Estée Lauder, Gucci and Revlon – for possible violations of 2013’s groundbreaking Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 – which bans the marketing of cosmetics products and their ingredients that have been tested on animals.
Europe led the way in banning the sale of cosmetics products and their ingredients that have been tested on animals since 2013, a ban based on the principle that the harm caused to animals can never be outweighed by the potential benefit of new cosmetics products. But that ban is meaningless if it’s not rigorously enforced.
We’ve sent a dossier of evidence to Attorney General Jeremy Wright as well as to the Secretaries of State for Justice and Business, Michael Gove MP and Sajid Javid MP. Publicly available information from the Chinese Food and Drug Administration shows that cosmetics products which are readily available on UK stores’ shelves are also registered under the same name and for sale in China, a country where tests on animals for cosmetics are still compulsory.
