Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Require companies to clearly label products which are tested on animals.

Many shoppers are unaware that they are picking up products that have been tested on animals.

Across the European Union, more than 4,000 mice, rabbits, guinea pigs and other animals suffer and die every year in laboratory poisoning tests of household products and their ingredients.

More details

Please see: http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethicalreports/householdcleaningproductsreport/animaltesting.aspx

AND

http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/experiments/ALL/303/

There are some cruelty free alternatives out there, however the majority of the supermarket stock test their new ingredients on animals, including:
Proctor & Gamble, Lever Brothers, S.C. Johnson, Reckitt & Colman and Colgate-Palmolive (Ariel, Fairy, Daz, Lenor, Mr Muscle and many more).

This petition was rejected

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/116491

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