Cosmetics to be banned by Labour
Labour announced:
A Labour Government will help protect animals from harm by prohibiting the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals.
Labour’s Animal Welfare spokesperson Trevor Mallard today launched the initiative at an event organised by Labour’s Ōhariu candidate Ginny Andersen at the Wadestown Veterinary Clinic, which after boundary changes is now in the electorate.
Trevor Mallard says most New Zealanders find the testing of cosmetics on defenceless animals abhorrent. “No animal testing of cosmetics is carried out in New Zealand because it is barred under the Animal Welfare Act. However, there is no restriction on animal-tested beauty products being imported and sold here.
Labour thinks NZers are unable to make decisions for themselves on what products they find acceptable to buy – so Trevor will decide for everyone.
“Labour will ensure that no make-up sold in this country has been tested on animals by formally prohibiting it in New Zealand. We will also prohibit the sale of imported cosmetics that have been tested on animals. Legislation enacting Labour’s policy will be restricted to cosmetics, toiletries and fragrance. It will not affect medicines.
“The European.Union last year prohibited the sale and importation of animal-tested products. As in the EU, Labour’s policy will apply both to finished products and ingredients, or combinations of ingredients.
So which companies may be impacted. This overseas site lists companies and brand names that use such testing
- American Beauty
- Aramis
- Avon
- Banana Boat
- Bausch & Lomb
- Bobbi Brown
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
- Bumble and Bumble
- Cacherel
- Cargill
- Carpet Fresh
- Carter-Wallace
- Charlie
- Chesebrough-Ponds
- Church & Dwight
- Clarion
- Clairol
- Clear Choice
- Clinique
- Clorox
- Commerce Drug Co.
- Consumer Value Stores
- Coppertone
- Coty
- Cover Girl
- Crest
- Daisy Fuentes
- Dana Perfumes
- Darphin
- Dawn
- Del Laboratories
- Desitin
- Dial Corporation
- Diversey
- Donna Karan
- Dove
- Dow Brands
- Drackett Products Co.
- Drano
- EcoLab
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- El Sanofi Inc.
- Elizabeth Arden
- Erno Laszlo
- Estee Lauder
- Faberge
- Fantastik
- Fendi
- Final Net
- Finesse
- First Response
- Flame Glow
- Flirt!
- Garnier
- Giorgio Armani
- Givaudan-Roure
- Glade
- Glass Plus
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Good Skin
- Grassroots skin care
- Helena Rubinstein
- Helene Curtis Industries
- Herbal Essences
- Huggies
- ISO
- Ivory
- Jhirmack
- Jo Malone
- Johnson & Johnson
- Johnson Products Co.
- Jovan
- Kaboom
- Keri
- Kimberly-Clark Corp
- Kiton
- Kiwi Brands
- Kleenex
- La Mer
- Lab Series
- Lady’s Choice
- Lancaster
- Lancome
- Lava
- Lever Brothers
- Lipton
- Listerine
- L’Oreal USA
- Lubriderm
- Lux
- Lysol
- MAC Cosmetics
- Mars (candy company)
- Mary Kay
- Matrix Essentials
- Max Factor
- Maybelline
- McNeil Nutritionals
- Mead
- Michael Kors
- Missoni
- Mitchum
- Mop & Glo
- Nair
- Naturelle
- Neutrogena
- Neutron Industries, Inc.
- Ojon
- Olean
- Orange Glo
- Origins
- Oscar de la Renta
- OxiClean
- Pantene
- Parfums International
- Pearl Drops
- Pennex
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Pine-Sol
- Plax
- Playtex Corporation
- Pledge
- Polident
- Ponds
- Post-It
- Prescriptives
- Prestige Brands
- Prince Matchabelli
- Proctor & Gamble Co.
- Quintessence
- Raid
- Ralph Lauren Fragrances
- Reckitt Benckiser
- Redken
- Resolve
- Revlon
- Richardson-Vicks
- Sally Beauty Supply
- Sally Hansen
- Sanofi
- SC Johnson & Son
- Schering-Plough
- Scotch
- Scott Paper Co.
- Scrub Free
- Sean John Fragrances
- Sensodyne
- Signal
- Smashbox Cosmetics
- Snobal
- SoftSheen
- S.O.S.
- Splenda
- Stanhome Inc.
- Sterling Drug
- Suave
- Sun Star
- Sunsilk
- TCB Naturals
- Tegrin
- 3M
- Tide
- Tilex
- Tom Ford Beauty
- Tommy Hilfiger
- Trojan
- Truvia
- Ultima II
- Unilever
- Vaseline
- Vichy
- Vidal Sassoon
- Visine
- Vivid
- Warner-Lambert
- Westwood Pharmaceuticals
- White Shoulders
- Whitehall Laboratories
- Windex
- Woolite
As always great to see Labour focused on the important issue of telling NZ women which cosmetics they are allowed to buy.