Just five months after India prohibited the testing of cosmetics on animals, its Ministry of Health has issued new regulations banning the import of any cosmetics that have been tested on animals overseas. Issued as an Extraordinary Announcement in the official Gazette of October 13, this rule (known as 135-B)...
No more animal testing for cosmetics – India
India on Friday decided to ban animal testing for cosmetics, becoming the first country in South Asia to do so. The Bureau of Indian Standards has now approved the removal of any mention of animal tests from the country's cosmetics standard, according to Humane Society International (HSI). The decision was...