The second interview chosen was a first person interview. I chose to interview Tess from Customer Care Services at L’Oreal Paris. I came across some research that L’Oreal products had been tested on animals at one point of time. This company sells beauty products to users all over the world.
This company no longer tests any of my products or any of my ingredients on animals, anywhere in the world, nor do I delegate this task to others. An exception could be made if authorities required it for human safety or regulatory purposes. This “exception” is very rare and has not occurred since March 2013. Testing my products on animals was the case in 2011, but since March 2013 I no longer test on any animals. However, cosmetic and personal care products …show more content…
I think these tests are unnecessary but I cannot prevent them. I are working in close collaboration with different Chinese regulatory authorities to bring rapid change to the regulatory framework of cosmetics products which requires animal testing, so can be recognized the many alternative methods that are already validated in many other countries. Thus, I contributed in November 2013 to the first-phase for the validation of a skin irritation alternative method in China. The alternative methods are not yet all available but I possess a wealth of data accumulated over a century as well as a battery of in vitro and in silicon tools developed by my advanced research teams which fuel my predictive evaluation strategies. I do not put “cruelty-free” labels on any of my products because these labels do not guarantee the quality or the safety of cosmetic products, nor do I think it would be desirable. In my opinion, the “cruelty-free” and other labels are ambiguous to the extent that they acknowledge that products and ingredients were all tested on animals before a given
This company no longer tests any of my products or any of my ingredients on animals, anywhere in the world, nor do I delegate this task to others. An exception could be made if authorities required it for human safety or regulatory purposes. This “exception” is very rare and has not occurred since March 2013. Testing my products on animals was the case in 2011, but since March 2013 I no longer test on any animals. However, cosmetic and personal care products …show more content…
I think these tests are unnecessary but I cannot prevent them. I are working in close collaboration with different Chinese regulatory authorities to bring rapid change to the regulatory framework of cosmetics products which requires animal testing, so can be recognized the many alternative methods that are already validated in many other countries. Thus, I contributed in November 2013 to the first-phase for the validation of a skin irritation alternative method in China. The alternative methods are not yet all available but I possess a wealth of data accumulated over a century as well as a battery of in vitro and in silicon tools developed by my advanced research teams which fuel my predictive evaluation strategies. I do not put “cruelty-free” labels on any of my products because these labels do not guarantee the quality or the safety of cosmetic products, nor do I think it would be desirable. In my opinion, the “cruelty-free” and other labels are ambiguous to the extent that they acknowledge that products and ingredients were all tested on animals before a given