The Drug Controller General of India, according to a recent article in the Times of India, is looking at the feasibilitiy of banning animal testing of cosmetics. Drug Controller General G.N. Singh met recently with Maneka Gandhi, an animal activist, who claims that the European Union (EU) has stopped the use of animals for testing of finished cosmetic produces and that this will affect India, given the large export in the EU of India's herbal cosmetics. Gandhi went on to say that "It is important that India acts. Harmonization of India's regulation with that of Europe's cosmetics regulation will ensure an immediate upgrade of India's safety standards in cosmetics tsting using nonanimal methods."