Dove and The Body Shop partner to protect ban on animal testing in cosmetics

Dove and the Body Shop have announced a partnership, alongside the world’s leading animal protection groups, to defend the ban on testing cosmetics on animals in the EU. 

It follows recent threats to the longstanding ban by the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) requiring certain ingredients to be tested on animals before they’re used by humans. 

Campaigners have warned that accepting the ECHA’s ruling could also lead to wider use of animal testing in the UK. 

The Dove-Body Shop partnership comes as Peta, Cruelty Free Europe, Humane Society International, Eurogroup for Animals and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments also look to mobilise millions of European citizens to preserve cruelty-free cosmetics across the EU and the UK.