Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

or non-testing companies have been bought by larger conglomerates that test. My guess would be that some of the conflicts are coming from that? I've seen different lists handle the subsidiary issue differently, in particular.

If Sparkly Sunshine Makeup Company never, ever tests on animals but they get bought out by Big Giant Household Goods Company who tests many of their other products, some lists will list Sparkly Sunshine as acceptable, some will do so with an asterisk explaining the issue, and some will remove them from their lists entirely when they get bought out by Big Giant Household Goods. Then later on if BGHG decides to sell their wildly popular Sparkly Sunshine line in China, where animal testing is mandatory, some lists get updated and some don't.

When in doubt I'd look at the company's website. If they have a strong anti-testing policy they'll generally have that prominently mentioned.