Following a complaint filed by PETA in 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ordered the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) to pay more than $12,000 in fines for its cruel and incompetent treatment of animals in its laboratories.
After learning that the Chinese government requires cruel product testing on animals for cosmetics, Dermalogica announced to PETA that it has pulled out of the Chinese market and will remain true to its cruelty-free ethics.