Comments on: Everything You Need to Know about Animal Testing in China

By: Christina Hespe

Christina Hespe — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:33:07 +0000

In reply to Tashina Combs. But Murad are now owned by Unilever, who do test.....

By: Alexa Jones (FoodBeautyandaDogLA)

Alexa Jones (FoodBeautyandaDogLA) — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 06:26:38 +0000

Excellent explanation! Thanks for this 🙂 I’m going to pass it on to Humanely Chic and bookmark it so I can add a link later on my own blog!

By: Tashina Combs

Tashina Combs — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 20:55:07 +0000

In reply to Elisabeth. It depends. Brands are able to import a finished and packaged good to China, but it is often expensive. Most brands do not go this route and instead opt to sell in China instead.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:51:15 +0000

Does the law apply if a consumer in China orders a cosmetic product from a non-Chinese online retailer? Like, a brand’s own online shop or an online beauty retailer like BeautyBay? If so, then I don’t see the problem with ending their sales in countries that have this law…

By: Tashina Combs

Tashina Combs — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 03:24:48 +0000

In reply to Angel. Hi Angel, At this time, Hong Kong does not require animal testing like China does.

By: Angel

Angel — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:13:09 +0000

Thank you for all of this information. I’ve been discovering lots on my own and often times find it all overwhelming but am still trying to get it right and do the right thing/support the right companies. I am currently researching and switching out any “cruelty free” companies that sell to China. QUESTION: “MURAD” I love their products. They claim to not test on animals. I want to believe them. On their website they list their international distributors including Hong Kong, but not China. Does “Hong Kong” require mandatory animal testing? Thanks for your reply. ~Angel

By: Lena

Lena — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 01:00:53 +0000

Can you please explain me, does the company pay for animal testing of it ‘s products sold in China or the state?

By: Miranda @ Slashed Beauty

Miranda @ Slashed Beauty — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:16:00 +0000

Awesome article, answered a lot of my questions. But my general understanding is even if these companies go through the lengths of having separate plants for their China and USA/EU markets, the brand itself wouldn’t be considered CF, am I right?

By: Acey

Acey — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:21:20 +0000

In reply to Kimmi @ The Plastic Diaries. All round agree! I am with you on this one!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:16:42 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. I absolutely agree with you – the sheer amount of information on this topic can be overwhelming and it can be confusing trying to figure out what the facts are. I think that posts like these are so valuable in raising awareness and getting people inspired to pay attention to what and where they buy!

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:35:12 +0000

As someone who tries her best (since there are always nasty surprises it seems) to only wear cruelty-free makeup, I was pretty versed in the China issue when I wrote my own piece on Urban Decay’s new venture into the animal testing zone–here’s the link: http://www.katoninetales.com/2012/06/urban-decay-cosmetics-surrenders-its.html –but you gave me some new tidbits that I wasn’t aware of.

Thanks so much for sharing the info!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:34:33 +0000

In reply to Laura.

Hi Laura,

I agree. There are TONS of legal loopholes and lots of wording that is used to get around the issue.

Since I only use vegan products, I have an extremely detailed process for checking on brands. You can read more about that in this post – http://logicalharmony.net/how-to-find-out-if-products-are-animal-friendly/
I never go by word-of-mouth information and always get details that I need from a company before I decide to support them or not. Even when it comes to writing about brands here, either positive or negative. It’s all based on how the company answers my questions.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:30:28 +0000

Fab post!

It’s so, SO hard to find out the real truth in all this though, so many legal loopholes etc. Also, when a product says ‘Not tested on animals’ or such, that will mean the FINAL product isnt………but perhaps every single ingredient in that final product HAS been tested on animals.

I worked on a Programme for the BBC which was about finding out about animal by-product in everyday things and it was quite shocking…..people have no idea!!

x Laura x

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:26:51 +0000

thanks for this awesome post. I was wondering about much of this while I was changing my animal testing policies to exclude products sold in china. many websites of companies will tell you whether their products are sold in china.

By: Retrodiva

Retrodiva — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:04 +0000

Fabulous resource, Tashina! It’s so complicated to navigate through all the confusing information, and you’ve given us some great resources. Thanks!