Indian Government in the Month of June 2013 has banned the testing
of Cosmetic product on animals and thus became the first country in
South Asia to end such tests.
Now, with the ban on testing and as per the Drug Controller General
of India (DCGI) any cosmetic product made in India will be free of
animal testing.
The decision of banning the testing was taken in order to prevent
cruelty to animals, especially after seeing the available simulation
alternatives.
The Final norms on the decision will be coming out shortly which is
being chaired Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) sectoral-committee.
It has been decided that the last two animal-related tests will be
dropped from the regulatory standards and any new cosmetic ingredient or
product will have to comply with the non-animal standards of BIS.
It is worth mentioning here that Israel and the 27 countries of the
European Union have implemented both testing and sales ban to bring an
end to cosmetics animal suffering in their respective jurisdictions.
Now the government will examine the Import of animal-testing free
products and labelling of local products to indicate that they are free
of these tests.
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