Comments on: What’s Going On With China’s Animal Testing Laws in 2021

By: STEPHEN PAUL THORNTON

STEPHEN PAUL THORNTON — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:48:45 +0000

Would you rather a small child (your small child) had a carcinogenic effect from a cosmetic product because it hadn’t been tested on animals? If you don’t like ‘tested on animals’ then maybe you could accept ‘tested on prisoners’ or ‘tested on young offenders’?

By: Jill martin

Jill martin — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 11:07:19 +0000

Is very simple why are animals being caged and tortured for someone to slap crap on themselves. Times are slowly changing young people want a simple life and cruelty towards all animals is not going to be tolerated

By: Joan

Joan — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:09:19 +0000

Animal testing is animal cruelty and companies that do it or knowingly allow it for the sake of profit should be convicted of such.

By: J w

J w — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:58:45 +0000

I am thankful for brands that do not sell in mainland China. If cover girl could do this; why are more companies not following suit?

By: Vy

Vy — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 05:11:41 +0000

In reply to Helen Vernon.

If they’re marketing that moisturizer with SPF with a “functional claim” like it’s a sunscreen cream and it will protect your skin from the sun’s damaging rays — then it should definitely be considered a “Special Use Cosmetics” and will require animal testing according to China’s animal testing laws.

Hm.. I’m not exactly sure if the brand rep you spoke with has a clear understanding of China’s animal testing laws as their recent changes do not automatically make all cosmetics sold in China “cruelty-free” now. Brands wanting to export and sell their ordinary cosmetics in China will have to jump through hoops in order to be able to qualify for an exemption to their animal testing requirements. If you’d like me to examine and look into the brand’s cruelty-free claims, feel free to email me anytime! =)

By: Helen Vernon

Helen Vernon — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:02:59 +0000

So if a moisturiser contains SPF would it be considered special use & therefore would be tested?
I’ve used a brand for years (as a therapist & a consumer) that now retails in China. I stopped using & recommending them as a result. They are now advertising that it is no longer mandatory so they are effectively cruelty free once more but if some of their products contain SPF I’m thinking they would not be exempt?

By: Lee Summers

Lee Summers — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 17:54:50 +0000

Sadly, I think many of us are hoodwinked into making cosmetic purchases without having full knowledge of parent companies. Even when making information requests at cosmetic stores, the full disclosure is rarely made.
Sadly unless that information is available, bad choices will continue to be made.
This is the type of superb post that needs to be seen by many more people.

By: David Ridland

David Ridland — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:42:35 +0000

Hi Vicky,
excellent and well researched post. After nearly 30 years in the cosmetics business it’s rare to see such clarity on, what is, such a complex matter.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 02:42:53 +0000

In reply to Steph. I think the fact that China is ostensibly the only country that explicitly allows or even possibly encourages animal testing is still a huge difference, and why I don’t agree with My Beauty Bunny and no longer trust that site as a source. I can’t find it now but I also could’ve sworn I read somewhere that before selling in mainland Chinese stores brands have to sign an agreement and pay money upfront for their products to be tested on animals, or perhaps that’s only in the event of post-market testing. Regardless I feel like that’s a huge cry from government regulators, researchers, or suppliers (in the case of EU REACH regulations) in other countries testing a brand’s products on animals without their knowledge.

By: Vicky Ly

Vicky Ly — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:48:50 +0000

In reply to Molly. Hi Molly, Thanks so much for the feedback! I totally see now, how my post sounds like I meant Taiwan was part of China. I only included the note about Taiwan because I get a lot of DMs and emails from cruelty-free consumers concerned that a brand is selling in Taiwan and thinking it's part of China. But it sounded like I was implying Taiwan is part of China but not mainland China. So, I've made some changes to provide some clarification, and thank you for sending the link from HSI about Taiwan's ban on cosmetics animal testing. I've included the link as well! =)