Leading Yogurt Drink Maker in Taiwan Bans Animal Testing

Following pressure from PETA, including e-mails from nearly 60,000 of our supporters, Yakult Co., Ltd.—known for its probiotic drinks in Taiwan—banned animal tests not required by law after being formally included in its parent company’s (Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.) newly updated policy banning such tests. Yakult Co. previously conducted or funded experiments in which nearly 250 rats and mice were mutilated and killed, purportedly to support human health claims for marketing yogurt drinks and other products and ingredients to consumers.