Shiseido Ends Almost All Animal Testing

Japan-based cosmetics company Shiseido said it plans to stop animal testing ahead of the European Union’s plan to implement a ban on sale of animal-tested beauty products. Shiseido also said the policy, which will start in April 2013, will cover all its manufacturing sites, as well as those of its suppliers. The company, however, said it has no choice but conduct animal tests when it is the only way to prove product safety and when countries require animal testing.