Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 9980

Products: Labelling

Tabled: 18 October 2024
Answered: 28 October 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory labelling on (a) furniture and (b) other products that have been tested on animals.

Answer

Justin Madders
Animal testing of chemical substances is prohibited in all but a very limited number of circumstances where it is essential for the protection of human and animal health or environmental safety, as prescribed by the REACH Regulations. As a result, there a...

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