{"id":32983,"date":"2014-04-21T13:37:03","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T08:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=32983"},"modified":"2014-04-21T13:37:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T08:07:04","slug":"peta-urges-health-ministry-ban-sale-animal-tested-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/peta-urges-health-ministry-ban-sale-animal-tested-products","title":{"rendered":"PETA urges health ministry to ban sale of animal-tested products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/peta-urges-health-ministry-ban-sale-animal-tested-products\/peta-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32984\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32984\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/peta-urges-health-ministry-ban-sale-animal-tested-products\/peta-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/PETA.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PETA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/PETA.jpg?fit=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/PETA.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32984 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/PETA-150x105.jpg?resize=150%2C105&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PETA\" width=\"150\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/PETA.jpg?resize=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/PETA.jpg?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Animal rights group PETA has urged India&#8217;s health ministry to ban the marketing and sale of animal-tested cosmetics and household products.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said such a move would place India in line with the European Union, which has banned the sale of all animal-tested cosmetics, and Israel, which has banned the sale of all cosmetics and household products that are tested on animals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The testing standards for cosmetics and household products in India no longer include animal tests, so why should animal-tested cosmetics and household products be sold here?&#8221; asked PETA India science policy advisor Chaitanya Koduri.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consumers want to be confident that the products they are buying did not blind rabbits or poison mice,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Drugs Technical Advisory Board under the ministry of health and family welfare has also recommended that there should be a ban on the import of cosmetics tested on animals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the availability of non-animal tests and ingredients that are known to be safe, many companies still choose to subject animals to painful experiments, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal rights group PETA has urged India&#8217;s health ministry to ban the marketing and sale of animal-tested cosmetics and household products. 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