We promise that we will continue our strong commitment to developing alternative testing methods for the safety of our products, and that we will maintain our efforts in this regard until animal testing of our products is no longer an issue anywhere in the world. ...
Unlike so many other animal abuses, the issue of using animals in product testing is one that ultimately rests with consumers. Reliance on animal testing methods for cosmetic and household products will continue unless concerned citizens speak out with their purchasing power. By making informed huma...
The issue on animal testing for cosmetic products is a prime example of how the U.S. government and a transatlantic business community keen to defend the status quo found the European Parliament a tough nut to crack. Vera Rogiers (2008: 6) argues that "[s]ince the cosmetic field is ...
a We need to make sure that the millions of animals who are used for testing new products are treated with the minimum of suffering. Many measures have been launched: Cosmetics testing is banned in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK. The EU agreed to phase in a near-total ban on the...
I won’t go into the gory details, but “animal testing,” or “vivisection,” is definitely not just lathering a rabbit up with a dollop of shampoo and letting him hop on his merry way. Companies that engage in animal testing have large labs chock full of all sorts of creatures. It ...
Animal studies showed that vitamin D improved impaired glucose tolerance and insulin secretion47, and low concentrations can inhibit pancreatic secretion of insulin48. Several studies found that circulating concentration of 25-(OH) vitamin D, a good indicator of vitamin D status in human body, was ...
Taiwan has passed the legislation that bans testing cosmetics products and its ingredients in animals. Introduced by Legislators Wang YuMin and Zhuang Rui Xiong, the regulation amends the…
A new definition of "waste" has been added to the existing standard, which refers to those animal products that are unfit for human consumption. The document also introduces the concept of "denaturation" to describe the sensory properties of meat that are not suitable for human or animal consum...
From a different side, the yield stress of zein was more similar to that of cheese, which occurred at strain rate of approximately 7%. These results point to some potential for the use of zein in plant-based cheese applications. However, the G′ and G″ values of zein samples were ...
Large amounts of poultry products are consumed throughout the world. It is estimated that 38 000 000 metric tonnes of poultry are produced annually. In the United States and the EU countries, 70–80% of poultry production is chickens and 19% is turkeys..