Comments on: EU Confirms Ban on Animal Testing

By: ForAVeggieWorld

ForAVeggieWorld — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:47:05 +0000

Hi, I was wondering if brands such as L’oreal, estee lauder and others that DO test on animals, dont do such when exporting to the EU? I mean they will obviously do so in cases like China but when you buy the same product in china and in England will the one bought in england not be tested on animals unlike the one in China?, I currently live in Peru and I try not to buy products tested on animals but here such thing is really hard, since almost every product is tested on animals but im moving to the uk so I wanted to be sure about this new ban, can I rest assured whilst buying MAC (Do test) cosmetics in the uk?
Thank You!

By: Steelnpurple

Steelnpurple — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:37:24 +0000

Yes, this is great news but as previously mentioned we (I live in Sweden) will still have to be wary. I understand it as all NEW products will be banned but existing ones that currently fill the shelves will be sold as usual.
One does of course wonder what it will look like a few months down the line when all spring and summer collections should be out in stores..
I guess that big companies such as L’Oreal and Estée Lauder (and respective subsidiaries) are quite panick stricken by now.
I could go on and on but in short, it is a multi faceted problem for them and it will be extremely interesting to see how this unfolds.
Personally for me it won’t be any different than now since I’m already a cruelty free consumer.
Interesting side note: India has decided to “go the EU route”. This might be yet another strong voice against animal cruelty.
China, you’re next..

By: Umapuma

Umapuma — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:08:13 +0000

Big Win! Still can’t stop until every animal is safe!

By: Sascha

Sascha — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:33:42 +0000

This is fantastic. Such a huge step for animal rights!

By: Tashina

Tashina — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:54:33 +0000

In reply to Sophie. Hi Sophie! Thank you for your comment with all this great information. These are details that I was wondering about, and it's great to hear them from someone living in Europe who really sees how this will impact the market. I'm definitely going to do a post with more details. Especially since what you have mentioned is so important. I'm going to update this post to include your article on the topic. If you have any interest in writing a guest post with more details, please let me know!

By: Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:47:02 +0000

Yes, I’m really excited about this and hope the rest of the world will follow 🙂

However we (as in European consumers) will still need to watch out what we buy in the EU, as current and older products will still be sold (which will have ingredients in them recently tested) and companies may still test on animals, just not in the EU anymore or sell those particular products in the EU. So I’m still boycotting all big brands that test elsewhere or sell in China, as it doesn’t mean that the companies are cruelty free… but it’s a big step forward and I hope this will inspire the big brands to end animal testing worldwide!