Animal Experiments: Chemicals
Commons · Question 37698 · Tabled 12 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent duplication of animal tests under UK REACH where data has already been submitted under EU REACH.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 23 Apr 2025
Animal testing of chemical substances is permitted under UK REACH only as a measure of last resort; this principle is reinforced by the Environment Act 2021. The last resort principle underpins the REACH testing proposal procedure. This procedure already ...