Canada seeks to ban animal testing for cosmetics

The ban proposes to amend the Food and Drugs Act to forbid the distribution of cosmetics that have undergone animal testing or that contain components derived from animal testing

A step that some animal rights advocates say gives them “great hope” for the future is Canada’s potential ban on testing cosmetics on animals.

Camille Labchuk, executive director of the organization Animal Justice, stated, “There’s a lot of support from this across parties.”