05.04.18
Animal testing ban efforts are going global—maybe. The European Parliament has urged the EU to launch a diplomatic effort to introduce a worldwide ban on cosmetics testing on animals by 2023. Parliament notes that the sale of cosmetics tested on animals has been illegal in the EU since 2013, but Parliament wants to expand this to a prohibition on all cosmetics testing on animals, and for countries around the world to join in this effort.
Currently, some 80% of countries around the world still allow animal testing and the sale of cosmetics products tested on animals, according to sources. Moreover, there are loopholes in the EU’s regulation, allowing for products which are tested on animals outside the EU to be retested within the bloc’s jurisdiction using different methods and then placed on the market. The push for diplomatic efforts to curb cosmetics testing on animals around the world was adopted in the European Parliament with 620 votes to 14, demonstrating the overwhelming support for this effort among MEPs.
It calls for EU leaders to use their diplomatic networks to build a coalition, with the ultimate aim of launching an international convention within the UN framework to facilitate a full, global ban on cosmetics testing of animals in 2023.
Currently, some 80% of countries around the world still allow animal testing and the sale of cosmetics products tested on animals, according to sources. Moreover, there are loopholes in the EU’s regulation, allowing for products which are tested on animals outside the EU to be retested within the bloc’s jurisdiction using different methods and then placed on the market. The push for diplomatic efforts to curb cosmetics testing on animals around the world was adopted in the European Parliament with 620 votes to 14, demonstrating the overwhelming support for this effort among MEPs.
It calls for EU leaders to use their diplomatic networks to build a coalition, with the ultimate aim of launching an international convention within the UN framework to facilitate a full, global ban on cosmetics testing of animals in 2023.