Posted January 31, 2011 by Ray Harkins
We are thrilled to announce that after more than 40,000 supporters of PETA and its affiliates around the world sent e-mails to Unilever (the world’s largest tea maker and the makers of Lipton Tea and PG tips), urging the company to stop testing tea on animals and after we met with Unilever representatives, the company agreed to halt all such tests worldwide. In a message just posted on its website, Unilever states, ”Unilever is committing to no animal testing for our tea and tea-based beverages, with immediate effect.”
Thanks to everyone who responded to our online action alert, no more piglets will be infected with E. coli toxin and have their intestines cut apart while they are still alive, no more rats will have holes cut into their intestines and be fed tea ingredients through a tube in their throats, mice won’t be suffocated or have their necks broken, rabbits’ heads won’t be cut off, and other cruel tests that involved tormenting and killing animals simply to study the health effects of tea products and ingredients will no longer take place.
Not one of the experiments that the company conducted was legally required for beverage makers, and regulators have stated that animal tests are not required to prove a health claim about a product.
With this victory, the suffering of animals for Lipton and PG tips teas ends. Lipton joins many other tea and beverage companies—including Stash Tea, Luzianne Tea, Twinings, Honest Tea, Ocean Spray, Welch’s, POM Wonderful, and Japan-based tea giant ITO EN—in being cruelty-free.
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557 days ago
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HOLY SH**! I didnt know they were animal testing! I feel so bad!!! I was drinking their tea thinking that it was better than Nestea but thir just as bad! I’m gonna throw up! I’m so horrible! AHHHH! AHHHH! *CRYS*
812 days ago
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Thank you, Marina! I cannot believe how these people here cannot READ!!!!!!!
((((((
812 days ago
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FOR GOODNESS SAKE DO NOT BY ANYTHING UNILEVER!!!!!!!!!! They STILL test on animals outside USA!!!!!! I’ve got an e-mail from them, here is a part of it: “However, there are still several countries where we are still legally required to test the safety of our products as a condition for us being allowed on the market, and in these cases the testing will be provided by third parties.” (Maarit, I respect your comments here! Good job!)
813 days ago
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Savi, they have not stopped testing! They only pay other testing companies to do it outside the US of A.
814 days ago
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Ya! Great job everyone we did awesome! Thankyou so much peta2.
818 days ago
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Mah, you are right! I got email from Unilever, and they confessed they still are testing outside the USA. It has to stop in all the countries!!!!
818 days ago
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Yes . It has to be stopped in all the companies …. drug companies and cosmetic copmanies are the worst !!!
We will raise up our voices for every diffenseless creature on this LOVELY PLANET EARTH !!!
818 days ago
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As far as i know Unilever n Lipton have stopped testing JUST in the USA .The cruelty against animals n animal testing should be stopped n ended in each , every single company , food n drud producers .
No MORE ANIMAL TESTING !!!!
824 days ago
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YAAAAAAAAAAA FINALLY!
WHEN YOU TAKE ACTION, ACTION HAPPENS!
825 days ago
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YES !!!! finally
IM SOOOO HAPPY SEE WHEN U STAND UP 4 SOMETHIN MIRACLES HAPPEN !! 
825 days ago
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Thank you Maria and Marina, for telling the truth! I hope the rest of you finally understand that the fight is far from over!!! Don’t buy Lipton or Unilever!!!!!They are testing outside the USA!!!!
825 days ago
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LIPTON and UNILEVER ARE STILL TESTING ON ANIMALS OUTSIDE THE USA!!!!!!!!! I’m not going to buy any of their products and I don’t recommend you to buy them!
826 days ago
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Hi everyone. It’s true UNILEVER stills do testing outside USA, for exemple, in my country ARGENTINA they DO test on animals
so I don’t buy anything from them (my heartless parents do).
826 days ago
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They still test outside the USA!!!!! For heaven’s sake, don’t buy anything Lipton or Unilever!!!!
829 days ago
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I am so happy they stopped. I hope we can get other beverages to go cruelty free as well…
831 days ago
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THEY HAVE NOT STOPPED TESTING ON ANIMALS!!!!!!!! THEY JUST DO IT OUTSIDE THE USA!!!!!!!!!!!
831 days ago
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brilliant result but who in their right mind would have thought tea needs to be tested anyway, especially on animals?
831 days ago
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every signature counts!!! “the power of one!”
831 days ago
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Lipton and Unilever are still testing outside the USA!!!!
Still NO REASON TO USE ANY LIPTON OR UNILEVER products UNTILL THEY STOP TESTING all over the world!!!!!
831 days ago
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This made my day (:
831 days ago
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I LOVE LIPTON.
831 days ago
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Victory!
831 days ago
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They still test outside the USA!!!!! For heaven’s sake, don’t buy anything Unilever!!!!
832 days ago
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I heard about this and even had to write about it on my blog. SO awesome!
832 days ago
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Untill they stop testing outside the USA, I will not drink Lipton!!!
832 days ago
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Stop testing tea on animals, please. Stop the cruelty to animals.
832 days ago
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It is time for all companies to stop testing on animals, this is a victory but we must continue until there are no animals being used for experimental testing.
832 days ago
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I still will not drink Lipton Tea since they have caused soooo much pain & agony to all of these poor animals. I would rather drink tea from all of the tea companies who would never even consider torturing an animal. I will also be careful not to buy products from Unilever for the same reason.
832 days ago
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Thanks for the wonderful news. But we cannot ease up..we must continue to let our voices be herd for God’s Cratures.
832 days ago
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I’m so happy the uneeded torture from Lipton is ended! There’s that many more innocent animals being saved.
832 days ago
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yeyyyyyyyyy omgosh i am so happy they stopped ….yet another victory lets keep it upp people!!!!!!
832 days ago
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Thank goodness – but testing should never have occurred in the first place.
Rusty
832 days ago
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I’m still not gonna drink Lipton though..at least not yet…
832 days ago
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I can’t stop crying!! This rabbit looks just like my Louise!! I’d DIE without her!! I am so happy for the victory!
832 days ago
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Good Work Guys – I am so proud to be part of your organization., I am a big believer that there is no big I’s and little u’s. This is a WE issue. And there is POWER in numbers. Numbers of people who have the same focus and agenda to do well for the sake of our planet, our animal breathen, and ourselves.
Power in numbers also in regards to money.. and the loss of it for companies who get bad press when the truth about some of the horrendous things that are done to animals is very powerful to.
Please never stop what your doing.. it is the voice in all of us that wants to stop abuse on any level.
Rox
832 days ago
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Really glad that this is over now. I wasn’t planning to start drinking lipton tea again anytime soon, but my mother suggests I buy some as a ‘reward’ for lipton. I didn’t really know what she was talking about, but I’m sure she knows better than I do.
Anyway, I am so glad to hear that they’ve stopped testing on animals, and it feels great to know that together we really can make a difference, as cheesy as that sounds. I never really believed that could happen, but it did! And I’m going to stop rambling now.
Woo!
832 days ago
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well done to all who made this possible xxx
832 days ago
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Great news but still won’t buy there tea.Wouldn’t give these nasty people any of my cash.Don’t know how thay cuold produse the dam tea knowing what these poor little animals were bing abused and tortured.Thank god it has stopped.
832 days ago
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One small step for man. One big step for mankind.
832 days ago
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Great!
The victory is ours and it may be a small step in the world, but we DID save a lot of animals!
Hopefully they will really stop!
832 days ago
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merci beaucoup Lipton pour cette formidable nouvelle
832 days ago
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I have never been so proud to be a Peta member. I love you Peta for your giant heart and neverending love for animals.
833 days ago
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WOOOOOOOOOOO AYYYYYYE GET IT PETA GET IT <3
833 days ago
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I am glad that there organizations fighting too improve
the lives of animals, especially when the victims aren’t
able to defend themselves. In many lands where animals
have no rights the people quite often are treated the
the same way.
Sincerely yours,
Ernest Schumann
833 days ago
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Their products are still tested outside USA, so there’s a battlefield that needs tending to.
833 days ago
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Amazing! It’s beautiful to see the changes people can make when they pull together
833 days ago
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I’m so happy too.
I loved Lipton Tea but as I heard what they do I stopped drinkin it. I think noone needs to test things like tea on animals!
Great job done.
I’M ao proud!
833 days ago
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Good news! I am so proud and thankful for Peta. Although it is a small victory in the grand scheme of things, it feels great to know that PETA saved countless innocents from a horrible fate.
834 days ago
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I CAN DRINK THE AWESOMEST TEA EVA AGAIN
835 days ago
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OMG! happy face! ^_^ i used to drink lipton everyday until i found out what they did to animals now i can drink it again
yeah!! i was really missing it! I <3 animals
-Shmoo!
836 days ago
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@Candy
Yeah I know. I used to be oblivious to it too.:/ Apparently toothpaste makers test on animals too! Same as Shampoo companies and what-not.:/ Sadly, all we can do is try our best to stop them from hurting more animals.
836 days ago
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industries need to know when they used animals for tests people BOYCOTT
838 days ago
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I am so happy! Now I can drink it without feeling disgust for what Lipton has been doing!
838 days ago
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This is awesome but still my brain can’t process how this goes on on daily basis have these ppl got no heart? There’s one more thing I wanna say did any of u know that some mouth wash companies such as listerine experiment on animals?I was unaware of this
839 days ago
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Wonderful news! I am so proud of Peta and all of us. Although it is a small victory in the grand scheme of things, it feels great to know that we have saved countless innocents from the same fate.
840 days ago
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big thanx to unilever and peta. but what abt other product that unilever testing on animals? stop this crual on animals pls.
840 days ago
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This is awesome! =)
BOTTOMS UP!
840 days ago
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I cannot believe this, i am sooo happy they have listened and decided to put a stop to this! What the hell were they doing??
I don’t understand how people think is is acceptable to test on animals, most animals body’s wouldn’t even react the same to ours.
I say test this stuff on the humans that did it to those poor animals, see how they like it!
Hopefully we will be able to continue to convince company’s that this is wrong!
Well done Peta!!
841 days ago
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Thanks God!!!! We are change the world.
Do it.
841 days ago
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this cruelty will have to be stop.
841 days ago
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841 days ago
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I really appreciate it from peta2, please do not torture the rabbits, rats or animals, they understand that human animals are like people. NO TORTURE, NO CRUEL, Please do not disturb the animals by the laboratories. (Animals are living beings who feel and suffer just like us humans!)
841 days ago
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A small victory. You should stress that by buying Lipton Tea products we’d still be supporting Unilever, and they continue perform horrible and unnecessary tests on animals.
841 days ago
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841 days ago
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That’s great im so happy!!! Good job!!!
841 days ago
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Yaaaaaaay!!!!
841 days ago
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Why do you need to perform animal tests on tea? Doesn’t make any sense to me, but its great that they stopped testing on animals!
841 days ago
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YES! VICTORY IS OURS! ;DDD
841 days ago
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Whoa! I had no idea this was happening.
841 days ago
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How do we know it’s not just words. How can this be monitored inside their labs?
841 days ago
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Now, we just have to keep going so that ALL Unilever brands/products stop animal testing for good!! Let’s kick some butt!! Thank you fellow animal lovers!! <3 <3 <3
841 days ago
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Fantástic, I am very happy!
841 days ago
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SWEET!!! This is awsome news!
841 days ago
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Yeahhhhhh ….. I’m soooooo happppy men. !!! That’s the reason cause i’m proud giving to ‘em money !! Yessss
841 days ago
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VICTORY AT LAST!……
841 days ago
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I’m glad they stopped it, but I’m still not going to buy any Lipton tea. It will take lots of time for my emotional wound to heal. They have done enough damage to those poor creatures that I can not easily forget.
841 days ago
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Wonderfull ! Thanks a lot
841 days ago
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excellent! unfortunately, doesn’t Unilever test on animals for most of their other products? They have their hands in a lot of markets, and I’m avoiding all of their products until they find a better way to conduct business.
841 days ago
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We can really make things better for our animal friends…together our voices are very POWERFUL and do make the difference! Thank you all.
841 days ago
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Absolutely phenomenal to hear!
841 days ago
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Great news!!
841 days ago
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We CAN make a diffence in animal lives!!! WHOOOO!
842 days ago
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i am so happy!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am so proud of peta2 and peta for doing a great no an awesome job what you do for animals. and i just wanna say that i;m so happy that they won’t test on animals the company Lipton tea yay!!!!!!!!!
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