Closed consultation: Draft strategy to replace, reduce or refine vertebrate animal testing

From: Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada

Current status: Closed

This consultation ran from September 14, 2024 to November 13, 2024.

We have developed a draft strategy to guide our efforts to replace, reduce or refine the use of vertebrate animals for the purposes of assessing chemicals under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). Comments were invited on this draft strategy, including the key elements to be addressed under the strategy.

Who was the focus of this consultation

Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada sought comments from:

Key questions for discussion

To guide feedback, ideas and input were sought on 2 key questions:

The input that was received through this process will be used to revise the draft strategy. A summary of the input received will be published.

The strategy is expected to be published alongside the Plan of Priorities by June 2025.

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Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
Health Canada
Email: erhsdgeneral-dssergenerale@hc-sc.gc.ca

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