UK Politics- Regarding the testing of Household Products

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Many ethical companies have international status by belonging to the
Humane Household Product Standard. This standard signifies that none
of their finished products and none of the individual ingredients they
contain have been tested on animals by that company or its suppliers.

To be accepted to the Standard manufacturers must be able to guarantee
they
* Do not conduct animal tests or pay for others to do so
* Buy no ingredients animal tested after a fixed-cut off date (FCOD)
* Monitor their supply-chain to ensure the FCOD is adhered to and
provide independent proof

Companies currently approved by the Humane Household Products Standard
include the Good Home Company, Heather's Natural & Organic Cleaning
Products, the Co-op, Orange Mate and Solutions Environmental Systems
Ltd.

For information on the HHPS and how companies can join visit
http://www.gocrueltyfree.org/

Directive 86/609 is the current European Legislation that covers the
protection of laboratory animals in experiments. It is now being
rewritten with its replacement expected in the near future. The aim of
the review is increased control over the use of animals in European
laboratories, to set new standards for their housing and care and to
monitor the training of scientists supervising the experiments. It
should also reduce the number of animals in experiments by forwarding
the introduction of alternative techniques.

New national legislation for each member state should follow as a
result of the reviewed directive. The UK government can use this
review as an opportunity to make alternative testing a priority. One
way would be to replace the animal testing of chemicals in Household
products with validated non-animal alternatives.

In the UK there is a government policy prohibition on testing of
cosmetic products and their ingredients on animals. Much of the
criteria that merited this cosmetics testing prohibition can be
applied to household products. An Early Day Motion (EDM 1215) asks the
UK Government to follow the example of the Cosmetics testing
prohibition and action a similar ban for household products.

If you would like your MP to sign this EDM visit
http://www.writetothem.com/

The "Take Action" petition started by the RSPCA calls on the British
government to prove their intention to replace animal experiments with
modern non-animal alternatives.

You can sign this petition at http://www.rspca.org.uk
(Select campaigns then Animals in Research)

Thank You

Tony Gal, London, England


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