Animal testing goes down - bunny logos set to leap… or sit… or squat…
Posted on June 25, 2007 • By Rebecca Markowitz
Category: Social |
Have you ever noticed that Israeli supermarkets carry your oh-so-favorite brand of cereal, but on closer inspection, you realize something is a little off. Multi-Grain Cheerios is called simply ‘Multi Cheerios’, Cinammon Toast Crunch Israeli-fies into ‘Cini Minis’. Well, now it’s time to look for the quasi-recognizable bunny logo that indicates a company does not test on animals. It may be leaping or sitting, bigger or smaller than what you’ve seen in the US, but either way, it will be a sign of progress in the cosmetic and detergent industries in Israel. But the trick will be to figure out which bunnies are legit.Unlike the Coalition for Consumer Information in Cosmetics (CCIC), which operates in Canada, the U.S. and the European Union, there is no animal-testing authority in Israel that distributes a standard logo. Haaretz seems pretty skeptical “Can one trust the Israeli companies that stamp their products with their own bunnies? ” In 2009, the following 2 laws will be in place that will crack down on animal testing:
One, which prohibits animal testing in the development of detergents and cosmetics in Israel, was unanimously approved by the Knesset in second and third readings about three weeks ago. The other - a more radical one that seeks to forbid the import and distribution of animal-tested cosmetics - was unanimously approved by the Knesset’s Education Committee before its first reading in the plenum. Read more
Until then, make sure to take your camera and keep an album of the leaping, squatting, or carrot-eating bunny varieties.
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