EU Panel Confirms Animal-Alternative Tests Will Miss 2013 Deadline
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
A panel of scientific experts says full replacement of animal tests with non-animal alternatives is not possible by the 2013 deadline set under the Seventh Amendment to the European Cosmetics Directive.
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