The federal government is banning the testing of cosmetic products on animals, joining more than 40 other countries that have taken the same step.
Changes to the Food and Drugs Act were included in the government’s omnibus budget bill, which received royal assent last week but won’t come into force until December.
The new regulations will ban the sale and import of cosmetic products that rely on animal testing and also make it an offence for a company to falsely claim their products don’t use animal testing.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos pointed to the broad support the regulations have received from both animal welfare advocates
