AAVS American Anti-Vivisection
Society
July 2018
Humane Cosmetics Act (H.R. 2790) will end the cruel and unnecessary practice of testing cosmetic products and ingredients on animals.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require companies to use animals to test cosmetics, and the majority of Americans support humane cosmetics and personal care products.
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Do you want to know that the cosmetics and personal care products you use
are free of animal testing? Of course, you do!
There are logos you can rely on, like the Leaping Bunny Program’s
cruelty-free certification and logo, for example. But wouldn’t it be great
if there was a law prohibiting the use of animals in testing cosmetics and
other beauty products? Well, there is!
The Humane Cosmetics Act (HCA) is a bill that would end cosmetic animal
testing by both private companies and the federal government. The bipartisan
bill is sponsored by Representatives Martha McSally (R-AZ,) Don Beyer
(D-VA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Tony Cardenas (D-CA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), and
Paul Tonko (D-NY).
Specifically, the HCA would make it illegal “to conduct or contract for
cosmetic animal testing…for the purpose of developing a cosmetic for sale in
or affecting interstate or foreign commerce.” The bill also includes testing
cosmetic ingredients on animals. The HCA would also make it “unlawful to
sell, offer for sale, or knowingly transport in interstate commerce any
cosmetic if the final product or any component…was developed or manufactured
using cosmetic animal testing….” A fine of as high as $10,000 could be
levied for each violation.
It should be noted that the HCA defines “cosmetic animal testing” as
exposure of a cosmetic or ingredient to the “skin, eyes, or other body part
of a live non-human vertebrate.” Although they comprise about 95 percent of
all animals used in U.S. labs, mice and rats are specifically excluded from
the Animal Welfare Act definition of ‘animal,’ so researchers are not
required to consider alternatives that could replace their use. However,
because mice and rats are both vertebrate species, the HCA would spare these
animals from this unnecessary, painful testing.
Additionally, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require
companies to use animals to test cosmetics, and the majority of Americans
support humane cosmetics and personal care products. In fact, more than two
thirds of voters believe that cosmetics should not be tested on animals.
More than 30 countries around the world, including all in the EU, as well as
Israel and India, prohibit the use of animals to test cosmetics.
Now it’s time for the U.S. to end the use of animals to test cosmetics and
their ingredients!
Thank you for everything you do for animals!
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