According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Ottawa, after years of discussion, the Canadian government is preparing to ban animal testing of cosmetics.
Health Canada has confirmed Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will push for changes to the federal Food and Drug Act that is expected to ban the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals.
The ban will apply to a wide range of products, including makeup, perfumes, body lotions, hair styling products, shaving foams and nail polish.
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Notably, the ban will extend to cosmetics containing the ingredients tested above animal.
The bill is about to be revised after years of campaigning by MPs and the Liberals’ pledge to act on the issue in the party’s platform.
More than 40 countries, including the UK, as well as several US states (California, Maine and Louisiana) have banned animal testing of cosmetics.
In 2013, the European Union enacted a complete ban on cosmetic testing on animals as well as banning the sale of cosmetics tested in this way.
The Canadian government is also looking to reduce animal testing in other areas. Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada are preparing to amend the requirement that new chemicals and drugs be tested for toxicity in animals.
Those regulatory changes would allow for the safety of chemicals and drugs to be tested using proven alternatives, a change animal welfare advocates have sought. ages ago long ago.
Cosmetic testing on animals – mainly mouse and rabbits – includes testing on the eyes for irritation and on the skin for reactions allergy.
According to the Canadian Cosmetics Union, such testing is extremely rare in Canada. Darren Praznik, President and CEO of the Canadian Cosmetics Alliance, said the organization “fully supports” the ban.
The bill to ban animal testing of cosmetics – introduced in 2015 by a now-retired Conservative senator, Carolyn Stewart Olsen – has spent four years of debate in Parliament, but has not yet been passed. into law.
(VNA/Vietnam+)