INDIAN COSMETICS COMPANIES FIGHT VEGETARIAN LABELLING REGULATIONS
January 3rd, 2015
THE INDIAN cosmetics industry, that according to the Indian Beauty & Hygiene Association commands annual sales of USD3.3 billion, is fighting its second legal battle to escape its government’s insistence on identifying cosmetic products as vegetarian or non-vegetarian. “Every package containing soap, shampoos, tooth pastes and other cosmetics and toiletries shall bear at the top of its principal display panel a red or … brown dot for products of non-vegetarian origin and a green dot products of vegetarian origin," said a notification issued by the ...
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