ALTERNATIVE TESTS DASH TO REACH EU ANIMAL TESTING BAN’S 2013 FINISH LINE
September 1st, 2012 BY MJ DESCHAMPS THE PLANNED complete ban on the use of animal testing across the European Union (EU) cosmetics sector is quickly approaching - driving ambitious research and innovation in the industry towards developing alternative tests. While a ban on animal testing of finished cosmetic products has been legally in force since September 2004 (and a ban on ingredients tested on animals since March 2009), the European Commission's cosmetics directive (76/768/EEC) as it currently stands, allows three types of animal tests (toxicokinetics, repeated dose and ...
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