Australia | Approval of animal test ban
Approval of animal test ban
On 22nd February 2019, the Australian Department of Health published the notice about the approval of The Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017 with its amendment by the Senate (on 14 February 2019) and The House of Representatives (on 18 February 2019)
As already announced in our Eurofins News Flash February 2019 edition (Cosmetics), the main amendments are:
- The new scheme, the Australian Industrial Chemical Introduction Scheme (AICIS);
- The ban on the use of new animal test data for ingredients solely used in cosmetics will also begin on 1 July 2020
It is currently awaiting Royal Assent by the Governor-General to become Australian law.
