PepsiCo Declares No More Animal Tests! May 9, 2007
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Exciting News: After a year of discussions with PETA, multi-billion dollar food industry giant PepsiCo has agreed to end all funding for animal tests.
PETA's campaign to convince food and beverage companies to drop animal tests has been gaining momentum, with Welch's, Ocean Spray, and POM Wonderful agreeing to drop all funding for animal experiments in favor of non-animal test methods. And now food industry giant PepsiCo—you know, the absolutely gigantic multi-billion dollar parent company of brands like Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Quaker Oats and Gatorade—has joined the ever growing list of companies that are creating innovative products without the use of animals in laboratory tests.
One test that PepsiCo's subsidiary, Tropicana, funded involved injecting 60 young rats with a chemical that causes colon cancer, leaving the majority of these animals to suffer with the disease for seven months only to be killed at the end of the experiment. Completely ridiculous.
Luckily, PepsiCo has now stated the following:
"PepsiCo does not do any animal testing and does not directly fund testing using animals. … Where testing on animals is not required, PepsiCo strongly endorses efficient and effective research that does not include the use of animals. We will encourage our partners to use alternatives to animal testing and share this statement with organizations we believe to be involved in projects potentially involving animal research done on behalf of PepsiCo or with PepsiCo or PepsiCo Foundation funding."
So what does all of this mean? More and more companies are realizing that no one wants to buy products that were tested on animals—especially for something like food and drinks! I mean, hello—I don't need or want an animal to be experimented on to make health claims about my drinks, ya know?
This makes me want to do the "Happy Happy Joy Joy" dance from Ren and Stimpy—remember that? Good stuff.
♥ Marta
Comments
YES !! this is such great news ! =]
Posted by: tday at May 9, 2007 5:23 PMThat's awesome! Is coke next?
Posted by: drew at May 9, 2007 6:54 PMThat is fantastic. I am so excited
Posted by: shira at May 10, 2007 12:53 AMthank God they stop cuz it didnt make sense at all!
Posted by: Maria Kleimann at May 10, 2007 8:46 AMThis is great so many companies are seeing the light!
way to go
JUMPS UP AND DOWN!!!!!! SO HAPPY!
Posted by: at May 10, 2007 1:19 PMthat is SO GREAT! but the bad thing is that i didnt know that they tested on animals...
Posted by: brittney at May 10, 2007 2:39 PMThat`s amazing. It`s great that we have big companies like that rooting for us.
Posted by: Danielle at May 10, 2007 6:54 PMthanks : )
Posted by: dana at May 10, 2007 9:07 PM♥
Posted by: dana aka rain at May 10, 2007 9:08 PM:) :) :) :) THis is soooooooooooooooooo wonderful!
Posted by: Courtney at May 11, 2007 9:36 AMWow, that's great! and pepsico is one of the biggest companies around... !!!
Posted by: at May 11, 2007 9:18 PMnow all we have to do is convince Yum Brand foods who does business with Pepsico to make KFC give up their horrible treatment of animals.
Posted by: Jonas at May 12, 2007 2:04 AMvegeterian isso good and healthy
Posted by: Shannnan at May 12, 2007 11:42 AMWOOHOO!!! FINALLY!
Does anyone know if Coca-cola stopped testing?
YAY!
Finally, Pepsi has changed their ways!
Great job PETA and Pepsi
Posted by: Lubna at May 13, 2007 12:09 AMThat is great! I am soo glad! I think all soada companies should. I am glad someone thought about the kindness animles should receive.
Posted by: Mandi at May 13, 2007 10:50 AMim soooo glad that they have decided to stop animal testing for such a big industry!!! yay! good job peta! im soooooo proud of you guys! i love yall!
-morgan
Posted by: morgan at May 13, 2007 5:22 PMI am happy
Why is there animal testing.why is it alowed.Thats what I dont understand.How could people sitt there and watch helpless little animal's be tested? Its not right its very wrong I think that we should help stop (ANIMAL TESTING)
help save many animals. Cause would you like to go through what many animals are goinh through I hope not! Or make your loved animal go through that ?
YES!!!!!!!!!! i have been refusing to drink pepsi's untill they stoped animal testing! so now i can drink pepsi's again but only 1 a day! =]
now i can let the family buy pepsis!
its so cool,well done guys.;)
Posted by: pamela at May 17, 2007 7:39 AMPLZZZZ STOP ANIMAL CRUALTY ITS HURTFUL AND MEAN :{
Posted by: ANIMAL LOVER at May 17, 2007 6:06 PMyesy eys yes now i cna finnaly dirnk pepsi after year of waiting omg yessssss
Posted by: kasandra at May 17, 2007 9:25 PMAnother win for veganism!
Posted by: Skeet at May 18, 2007 3:14 PMAnother win for veganism!
Posted by: Skeet at May 18, 2007 3:14 PMi think ppl need to relize just becuse we can talk and make choices 4 are selfs doesn't mean we should do the same 4 animals
Posted by: Alexandria at May 19, 2007 6:19 PMthat is great
Posted by: beerdicks at May 19, 2007 7:38 PMYay! This is such good news. Coca-Cola needs to stop it's tests as well. No one would think that it was tested, you know?
Posted by: Pom at May 21, 2007 8:40 AMTHIS IS AWESOME!!!!!,,,INDUSTRIES ARE FINALLY REALIZING THE CRUELTY INVOLVED IN ANIMAL TESTING
Posted by: tegan at May 21, 2007 6:21 PMThats GREAT!
Posted by: Kristina at May 24, 2007 11:04 AMthats so awesome.
i never even knew they did test on animals
but im glad to hear they've stopped.
its good to have such supportt
=]
Posted by: Breeezzyy at May 25, 2007 9:30 PMthats so awesome.
i never even knew they did test on animals
but im glad to hear they've stopped.
its good to have such supportt
=]
Posted by: Breeezzyy at May 25, 2007 9:30 PMThat is wonderful news I'm so excited!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Kit at May 25, 2007 10:24 PMAWESOME...now if other big industries will follow pepsico's lead
Posted by: scott at May 25, 2007 11:52 PMYES!!! No more testing on poor animals!!!
Posted by: Emma at May 26, 2007 8:21 AMfuckin sweet this is GREAT
Posted by: Cliff at May 29, 2007 9:22 PMyay!
YAY!! This is exciting =]
Posted by: Amanda at June 1, 2007 4:29 PMwhoo hoo!!!!=)
Posted by: at June 1, 2007 4:57 PMYEAH! This is awesome. :) I didn't even know it was tested on animals for a long time.. I just reaized that a while ago. Then I stopped drinking it! Im so glad I can drink it again! :)
Posted by: Carmen at June 2, 2007 6:44 PMDude, That is soooo AWESOME! I also heard Coke stopped, too! How sweet is it to have huge companies on our side?!
Posted by: Jessi at June 3, 2007 9:55 PMyay :]
Posted by: jennifer[MLS] at June 4, 2007 11:30 AMOMG !!!! ANAMIL TESTING SHOULD BE A CRIME
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alright! damn thats a big company
Posted by: chloe at May 9, 2007 4:41 PM