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South Korea To Ban Animal Testing

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By: TOM BRANNA

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The South Korean government plans to end testing on animals for cosmetics. The ban is part of South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 5-Year Plan for Animal Welfare, which includes banning the testing of finished cosmetics product on animals. There will also be consideration of a further ban on the testing of ingredients. Though the animal testing won’t end immediately, South Korea is following the same strategy used by the European Union. In 2004, the EU banned the test...

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