It would appear that major companies who had or wished to stop testing on animals have been forced to restart or continue animal-testing in order to sell their products in China in compliance with the Chinese government's legislation on beauty and household products.
As a result, some companies have been stripped of their "leaping bunny" logo (which signifies cruelty-free products).
The good news is, Chinese scientists are being helped to switch to in vitro cosmetics testing methods (i.e. non-animal) and the Chinese government is being persuaded to accept the results of these tests in place of the animal tests it currently requires.
Further reading:
http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/tags/animal+testing/default.aspx
Although I feel PETA are a bit guilty of showing only the bad things when it comes to animals in the food industy and fail to point people in the direction of good animal welfare practice (and constantly try to get you to commit to a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle), when it comes to their work to stop animal testing on cosmetics, toiletries and household products, they have done a fabulous job.
Let's hope too that we will follow Israel's example and ban the sale of any product that has been tested on animals.
There is hope ........
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