Colombia bans cosmetics testing on animals
Colombia has enacted a law that bans the testing of cosmetics on animals, and which will come into full effect from 2024
The so-called Law 2047 prohibits animal testing for cosmetic products and their ingredients or combinations of ingredients, as well as the import, export, manufacture, and trade of products which were developed using tests on animals, according to a note from local law firm Brigard Urrutia.
Infringement of the law will incur sanctions and fines of up to the equivalent of 50,000 monthly minimum wages, which will be imposed by the National Institute of Medicines and Food Surveillance (INVIMA).
Colombia’s monthly minimum salary is currently 980,657 pesos ($263.80), and was last adjusted in December 2019, when the government raised it by 6 per cent.
As part of the law, the government is obliged to generate incentives to strengthen the capacity of Colombian laboratories and national research institutions to develop and apply alternative products to avoid the use of animal testing.
According to Humane Society International, only 40 countries currently have animal testing bans in place, and in Latin America include Guatemala, Chile and Mexico, while the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Paraná, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Matto Grosso Do Sul, Minas Gerais and São Paulo have enacted bans on the practice.
