EU industry vows to cut down on animal testing

The European Commission and major industrial players agreed on Wednesday (21 June) to a five-year plan to reduce animal testing in product-safety checks, but animal rights campaigners want it to end now.

Leaders of the cosmetics, chemical and pharmaceutical industry joined up with the commission in a "European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA)," aimed at voluntarily reducing and replacing animal testing where possible.

"The European partnership is an ...