Brussels, 28/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Committee on the Environment called, on 23 May, for an immediate ban on the sale of new cosmetic products tested on animals if other valid methods of testing exist. This ban would be followed five years later by a total ban on the sale of any new cosmetic product tested on animals. MEPs also took a stance in favour of a ban on animal testing for end 2004.
Further to the adoption in committee (44 votes for, none against and 2...