Five years ago, the European Union took a major step in enforcing animal rights by banning the testing of any cosmetic product on animals within the 28-nation bloc. Now, the European Parliament has signalled that it wants to make that ban worldwide.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted overwhelmingly at the beginning of May (by a 620-14 vote, with 18 abstentions) to call for the EU to launch a diplomatic drive to ban cosmetic testing on animals worldwide by 2023.
