Victory for Bunnies! India Bans Import of All Cosmetics Tested on Animals
Victory for Bunnies! India Bans Import of All Cosmetics Tested on Animals
Victory for Bunnies! India bans import of all cosmetics tested on animals. This is awesome! India now joins the ranks of the EU and Israel, in banning the sale of cosmetics tested on animals as well as banning testing in their own country. This is a huge success for PETA. I sincerely hope that the USA will follow the example set by India, the EU and Israel and ban animal testing for cosmetics.
New Delhi – After intensive efforts by PETA India, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi and others, the Indian Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has made an announcement that will save millions of animals from being poisoned and killed in cruel and archaic tests for products sold to India’s billion-plus population. In a move that will bring cheers from around the world, the Ministry has now officially banned animal-tested cosmetics from being imported into India via a notification in The Gazette of India. The decision will be implemented in November.
The new rule states, “135-B. Import of cosmetics tested on animals prohibited.— No cosmetic that has been tested on animals after the commencement of the Drugs and Cosmetics (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2014 shall be imported into the country”. The move brings India up to speed with Israel and the European Union nations, which have already banned the sale and marketing of animal-tested cosmetics. Earlier this year, the testing of cosmetics on animals was banned in India following efforts by PETA India and others.
“This is a message to the whole world that India will not tolerate blinding bunnies for shampoo, mascara and other ‘beauty’ products – and this ruling now gives an upper hand to businesses that use superior, human-relevant, non-animal testing methods”, says PETA India Science Policy Adviser Dr Chaitanya Koduri. “We applaud the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for looking out for animals’ interests and for championing modern science.”
Pamela Anderson, Esha Gupta, Sonakshi Sinha, Evelyn Sharma, Anoushka Shankar, Poorna Jagannathan, Priya Anand, Neha Dhupia, Raveena Tandon-Thadani, Jacqueline Fernandez, Dia Mirza, R Madhavan, Rahul Khanna, Sunny Leone, Pooja Bhatt, Lara Dutta, Trisha Krishnan, Dino Morea, Esha Deol-Takhtani, Tamannaah Bhatia, Ritwik Bhattacharya, Pia Trivedi and other stars as well numerous MPs previously petitioned the Ministry to end the import of cosmetics tested on animals after learning about the issue from PETA India.
For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com.
