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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to ban the Draize test used to determine irritancy of products; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to ban the Draize test used to determine irritancy of products; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Norman Baker
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Mike O'Brien
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 January 2001
For answer on
16 January 2001
Answered on
16 January 2001
Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to ban the Draize test used to
determine irritancy of products; and if he will make a statement. [145380]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Following the Government's announcement of a ban on the testing of cosmetic products and ingredients, the Draize
eye safety test is no longer used for that purpose. However, national and international regulatory bodies require that non-cosmetic
products, ingredients and chemicals are tested to ensure that they are safe (for humans, other animals and the environment) during
manufacture, transport and use.
The Draize test is a safety test required for regulatory risk assessments of chemicals and a range of manufactured products which
may be deliberately or accidentally brought into contact with the eyes. An example of this would be preparations used in medical eye
drops.
Some non-animal alternatives to the Draize eye test are available for some screening purposes. However, these can be used only for a
limited range of test materials.
The Home Office has published guidance and minimum severity protocols for this procedure. Such animal testing takes place only when
in vitro screening tests have been used to identify, classify and eliminate materials with obvious irritant potential. Careful
consideration is given to all available information on a substance to avoid testing of substances likely to produce severe effects
on test animals. In this regard the Draize eye test is not carried out on strongly acid or alkaline substances or on substances
which have demonstrated severe adverse skin effects in dermal tests or on substances which have demonstrated potential corrosive
effects or severe irritancy in the alternative tests currently available.
This country has taken, and continues to take, a leading role in Europe in encouraging the use of alternatives which replace animal
use, reduce the number of animals used and refine the procedures to minimise pain and suffering. To this end the Home Office has
funded work conducted by the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM), but it has been concluded that the
currently available alternatives to the Draize test have significant limitations and cannot replace live animal use at this stage.
Subjects
Animal welfare; Animal experiments; Standards; Draize test
Date
16 January 2001
Reference
361 c205W; 145380
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Home Office
Type
Deposited papers
Author
Home Office
Committed on
4 July 1994
Originated on
1 March 1994
Received on
4 July 1994
Subjects
Animal welfare; Abuse; Animals; Animal experiments; Testing; Draize test
Commons Library location
DEP/3 178
Lords Library location
HINF 94/1423
Date
4 July 1994
Reference
DEP/3 178
House
House of Commons
If the Sec of State is satisfied that laboratories using the Draize eye irritancy test are conforming to HO guidelines & what steps are taken to monitor compliance by animal experiment laboratories with HO guidelines on the Draize eye irritancy test & other experimental tests.
If the Sec of State is satisfied that laboratories using the Draize eye irritancy test are conforming to HO guidelines & what steps are taken to monitor compliance by animal experiment laboratories with HO guidelines on the Draize eye irritancy test & other experimental tests.
Asked by
Harry Cohen
(Labour)
Answered by
Viscount Hailsham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
3 December 1987
Answered on
3 December 1987
Subjects
Animal welfare; Codes of practice; Animal experiments; Laboratories; Draize test
Date
3 December 1987
Reference
123 c688W
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Home Office
Type
Deposited papers
Author
Home Office
Committed on
25 April 1987
Originated on
1 February 1987
Received on
25 April 1987
Subjects
Animal welfare; Abuse; Animals; Animal experiments; Testing; Draize test
Commons Library location
Dep 2812
Lords Library location
HINF 87/0179
Date
25 April 1987
Reference
Dep 2812
House
House of Commons