RECENTLY, I suggested that if all medical and veterinary products which were
tested on animals had to carry a label saying so, then people who oppose animal
testing would be able to decide whether they wanted to use those products or not
(New Scientist, 18 March, p 51).
As a result of the support that
suggestion received from readers of New Scientist, I asked the
Secretary of State for ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ, Alan Milburn, if the government would introduce
legislation to bring in such labelling.
Yvette Cooper, the junior health minister, replied that all medicines for
human and veterinary use must…
