news release
 UNCAGED
OPEN NEW FRONT IN BOYCOTT P&G CAMPAIGN
Uncaged has opened a new political initiative to defend animals from
Procter & Gamble (P&G) and other animal testing companies.
An MP has tabled a new Early Day Motion (EDM 1279) on our behalf, applauding
the Boycott P&G campaign and calling on the Government to resist
attempts to water down the proposed European ban on the sale of animal-tested
cosmetics.
The first phase of the historic animal testing bans in the EU's
Cosmetics Directive came into force in 2004. It's now illegal to
supply any 'cosmetic' product (which includes toiletries)
containing ingredients which have been tested on animals where an EU-validated
alternative test method exists.
Additional regulations are due to come into force in 2009 and 2013,
leading to a total ban on the sale of cosmetics which contain ingredients
or combination of ingredients which have been tested on animals for cosmetics
purposes. This momentous law overcomes the drawbacks of unilateral action
by one country and would save thousands of animals across the world every
year.
However, the British Government, which is responsible for enforcing
the Cosmetics Directive in the UK, has no checks in place to determine
whether manufacturers are obeying these laws.
So the big manufacturers like Procter & Gamble are continuing to
test on animals as they have always done, while lobbying to shift the
next deadline back from 2009. Meanwhile the majority of the public believe
animal testing for cosmetics is a thing of the past. We are extremely
concerned that the Cosmetics Directive is not being implemented, and
that as a result the future deadlines will be missed.
An MP has tabled a new Early Day Motion (EDM 1279) on our behalf, applauding
the Boycott P&G campaign and calling on the Government to resist
attempts to water down the Cosmetics Directive.
Please take five minutes
to write or email your local MP to ask them to sign the EDM and help
to ensure that the bans on the animal testing of cosmetics are implemented.
You can lobby your MP via our 'Protecting
Animals in Democracy' website at www.vote4animals.org.uk.
Uncaged Campaigns 29.04.08 |
