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Canada Bans Animal Testing

Measures were included in the Budget Implementation Act.

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By: Christine Esposito

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The Canadian Government passed measures through the Budget Implementation Act (Bill C-47) to prohibit testing cosmetics on animals in Canada. In addition to banning cosmetics animal testing, the amendments will also prohibit selling cosmetics that rely on new animal testing data to establish the product’s safety, and false or misleading labelling pertaining to the testing of cosmetics on animals. “Testing cosmetics on animals is both cruel and unnecessary. That is why we are proud to move for...

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