Statements and position papers

2023

• January: Statement in response to e-petition 611810.

  Includes:
  - The e-petition
  - Commercial breeding for laboratories
  - The use of dogs in research
  - The approval and use of non-animal methods
   

• May: The use of animals in cosmetic testing (including REACH regulation).

  Includes:
  - The testing of cosmetics on animals
  - REACH regulation
  - The NC3Rs position
   

• May: Worker and environmental safety assessment of cosmetic ingredients, response to Home Office’s statement 17 May 2023

  Includes:
  - NC3Rs response to Home Office’s statement on animal testing for cosmetic ingredients
  - Written Ministerial statement
  - Background to the NC3Rs position on cosmetic ingredient testing