Shiseido tells activists of efforts to stop animal
testing
27-11-2009 Trading Markets, USA
TOKYO, Nov 26, 2009 (Kyodo News International - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- SSDOY Quote Chart News PowerRating -- Shiseido Co. told a group of anti-animal testing activists Thursday that the top Japanese cosmetics maker has boosted efforts to suspend the controversial practice in the near future, if not immediately, a company spokesman said.
During the first meeting of its kind at an office of Shiseido, company officials explained ongoing measures it has taken to develop viable alternatives to ensure the safety of its products without using animals for testing.
Members of the Japan Anti-Vivisection Association handed to the officials the signatures of some 45,000 people calling on the company for an immediate halt to animal testing.
The two sides met at a time when major cosmetics companies in Japan are faced with the need to develop ways to produce makeup without animal testing as the European Union is set to introduce in 2013 a full ban on the sale of all cosmetics product made through animal testing, including those produced outside its economies.
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