CHINA’S DROPPING OF ANIMAL TEST REQUIREMENT NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO IMPORTS – MULTINATIONALS
September 1st, 2014
A move by China this summer to drop the requirement for compulsory testing of some types of cosmetics has been applauded by animal rights activists in Beijing. “China is become more caring for animals…it shows that officials also have dogs and cats,” said Wang Ping, the head of the Tuanjiehu branch of the Small Animals Protection Association, an increasingly active, government-sanctioned national movement for animal rights.She is happy that in June the China Food & Drug Administration (CFDA) dropped the requirement for mandatory animal testing of ...
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