Animal groups continue to call for a global ban on cosmetic animal testing while Cosmetics Europe advises outside jurisdictions to be prudent about prohibitions, noting that ingredient innovation has grinded to a halt in the EU in recent years. There does seem to be growing agreement between the camps that alternative methods are making important progress and show great promise compared with traditional standards.
To date, industry associations have provided at least €140m in funding to projects aimed at developing alternative testing strategies for replacing, reducing and refining animal experimentation in the EU, according to the European Commission.
Trade group Cosmetics Europe alone committed €44m toward such efforts