Cosmetic Animal Testing Banned In India

More than 1200 companies around the world have banned all animal tests in favor of effective modern non animal tests but many still choose to subject animals to testing.

Cosmetics organizer. Cosmetic testing on animals is a type of animal testing used to test the safety and hypoallergenic properties of products for use by humans. The european union banned the testing of cosmetics on animals in 2003 and imposed a marketing ban in which animal tested cosmetic products could not be sold in the country in 2013. Alokparna sengupta humane society international hsiindias be cruelty free campaign.

After an extensive peta india campaignwhich included appeals from high profile politicians and multinational retailers such as lush and the body shop as well as lengthy discussions with peta indias scientiststhe drug controller general of india announced today that testing cosmetics and their ingredients on animals will not be permitted in india. Using animal testing in cosmetics development might involve testing all the ingredients of the finished commodity or the finished product on the animals often rats mice or rabbits among others. Therefore it is banned in norway israel india and the european union.

Cosmetic testing on animals can be very harmful to the test subjects. Following the footsteps of the european union and israel india on friday decided to ban animal testing for cosmetics becoming the first country in south asia to do so. Indias chapter of humane society international hsi be cruelty free said that the ban appears in the form of rule 135 b which prohibits import of cosmetics tested on animals.

The test ban was finalized when the drugs and cosmetics rules second amendment 2014 was notified through gazette no. The notification will come into effect on 13 november 2014 30 days from the date of notification. Animal testing for cosmetic products and ingredients was outlawed pan india making india the first country in south asia to end lab aided cosmetics cruelty.

Earlier india restricted use of animal for testing purpose. Nearly five months after banning cosmetic animal testing within the country india has now also imposed a ban on importing such products that test on animals and thus become the first. Due to the harm done to the animal subjects this testing is opposed by animal rights activists and others.

This time period of 10 years was provided for the development and authorization of alternative methods before setting the policy in stone. India is the first country in south asia to ban the testing of cosmetics and its ingredients on animals. Cosmetic animal testing is banned in colombia the european union united kingdom india israel and norway.