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Initiatives in Response to Animal Testing and Alternative Methods

Initiatives towards Abolishing Animal Testing

Shiseido has established a safety assurance system based on alternative methods and has discontinued animal testing in cosmetics/quasi drugs that are developed in April, 2013 or later. This excludes cases in which we must explain the safety to society.
We will continue to develop effective alternative methods in the future and proactively and sternly work with administrative agencies in various countries with the aim of establishing alternative methods as official methods (to be certified as official experimental methods according to laws and regulations of various countries/regions).

In Cases in Which We Must Explain the Safety to Society

This refers to cases in which we must prove again the safety of ingredients that are in the market and the only option in order to do so is animal testing, as well as cases in which animal testing is essential to assure the safety of cosmetics in some countries*.

  • *some countries : In China, in order to guarantee the safety of imported cosmetics, safety studies including animal testing may be required.

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