Does Keri lotion, Bed Bath and Body Works, and Dove test on animals?

Question

Does Keri lotion, Bed Bath and Body Works, and Dove test on animals?

Answer 1

I asked Dove this question and this is a copy of their reply:

This responds to your recent inquiry regarding Unilever's policy on

animal testing.  We recognize the concern of organizations such as PETA

and individuals such as you, with respect to this very complicated and

complex issue.  Globally, Unilever is committed to the elimination of

animal testing.  We would like to take this opportunity to outline our

initiatives in this area and the significant progress we have made

toward meeting this goal.  

Our position is, and has historically been, that we do not test any

finished products on animals except where required by government

regulation.  In such cases, as part of our ongoing commitment to

eliminate animal testing, we encourage the local authorities to change

these regulations.  In addition, we do not use animal testing when

there

is an accepted alternative test or existing information available to

evaluate the health impact and safety of our products.  In further

pursuit of this goal, Unilever has committed a significant amount of

time, effort and funding to developing acceptable, non-animal

alternatives:

- Unilever currently spends approximately $4 million per year globally

to develop novel risk assessment approaches to assure safety without

animal testing, such as the development of biological and

computer-based

modeling techniques. We believe these technologies will help replace

animal testing altogether.

- One of the major barriers to eliminating animal testing is the very

deliberate pace at which government authorities approve such

alternatives. In 2005, Unilever helped launch the European Partnership

for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA).  The aim of this

initiative by the European Commission and industry is to increase and

coordinate efforts to significantly accelerate the rate at which

alternatives are agreed to, validated and put into practice.  The

organization communicates regularly with a mirror group that includes

animal welfare organizations.  Its goal is to ensure that every

opportunity is taken to refine, reduce and replace the use of animals.

- In the U.S. and elsewhere in the world, we continue to support the

passage of legislation that promotes the elimination of animal testing

through the development and acceptance of alternative methods.

As soon as non-animal alternatives are validated and accepted by

government authorities, they are accepted by us along with the many

companies and organizations with whom we collaborate.  

We appreciate that you contacted us about this issue and we thank you

for your comments.

Sincerely,

Your friends at Unilever

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Answer 2

If you go to www.cosmeticdatabase.com you can search by company for those who do animal testing. My search under Dove said yes they do. You can also search by safety of ingredients. But it is very interesting to see how individual companies reply to the animal testing question.