Title: MAC Is Finally Speaking Out Amid Criticism for Animal Testing | Teen Vogue
Headings: MAC Is Finally Speaking Out Amid Criticism for Animal Testing
MAC Is Finally Speaking Out Amid Criticism for Animal Testing
The Chinese government requires you to get something called a hygiene permit to import your products.
Once a company starts selling in China, all leverage to end animal testing in the country is lost.

Content: “At this time, there is no way for a company to simultaneously maintain a cruelty-free commitment and sell in China,” says Kathleen Conlee, vice president of Animal Research Issues for the Humane Society of the United States. “ Cosmetic brands entering China, including MAC, know that their products will undergo some animal testing.... Cosmetics companies [that sell in China] are choosing to overlook animal testing for the opportunity to sell in the Chinese market.” MAC believes that working with Chinese regulators is the key to ending animal testing. But not necessarily, says Conlee: “ Once a company starts selling in China, all leverage to end animal testing in the country is lost,” she says. ( MAC would not share with Teen Vogue how lucrative the Chinese market is to their business.) Some major brands that have chosen not to sell in China include The Body Shop and Kat Von D.
Once a company starts selling in China, all leverage to end animal testing in the country is lost. PETA and the Humane Society are supportive of MAC’s work with IIVS (“I applaud MAC for supporting them,” says Guillermo), yet neither group feels MAC needs to sell products to make a difference. Both PETA and the Humane Society have provided financial support with IIVS (e.g. sponsored trainings, research, etc.), but neither made a profit from it, showing there are other ways to put a stop to animal testing in the region.