EU alternative testing
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Conference on Alternative Methods to Animal Tests scheduled for Nov. 7 in Brussels will address policy issues such as "progress made in the area of alternative methods to animal tests at EU and international levels and...further possibilities to improve development, validation and legal acceptance of alternative methods," according to preliminary agenda. Program comprises presentations on animal welfare and societal aspects, risk assessment and alternative methods and future actions. Speakers include European Commission DG Research Director General Achilleas Mitsos and European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods Head of Unit Thomas Hartung. Sales of cosmetics tested on animals are prohibited in the EU beginning in 2009 under the Seventh Amendment to the Cosmetics Directive...
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