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The Taiwanese government is on the cusp of finally and compassionately doing away with a gruesome test on mice and rats to support dubious bone health claims in food and beverage products sold in Taiwan. We’d like all PETA supporters to please show your support for getting rid of this pointless and deadly test.
The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) currently recommends that food and beverage companies perform experiments on mice, rats, or hamsters. Specifically, the TFDA recommends that experimenters cut off their ovaries and feed them a calcium-deficient diet to induce osteoporosis, feed or force-feed them the test food, and killed and dissected them.
That’s about to change.
Following years of pressure from PETA, the TFDA has announced a revised draft of this regulation that doesn’t require or recommend any animal experimentation and that would spare countless animals. It is a compassionate step in the right direction and would represent another win for animals.
But the regulation isn’t final. The agency is accepting public comments through February 23. A short, kind letter of support from you could help ensure that no additional animals suffer and die to make food and beverage companies more money.
Your Support Makes Positive Change
Pressure from PETA has helped ensure numerous other wins for animals in Taiwan: Scores of vulnerable animals no longer are drowned or electroshocked, bred to develop hypertension, fed sugar and bacteria to develop dental decay, or fed an iron-deficient diet to develop anemia in order for companies to make anti-fatigue, blood pressure–lowering, teeth health, or blood iron related health claims for food and beverages, and the TFDA now prioritizes internationally recognized, non-animal tests to assess food safety. PETA is also pushing the TFDA to amend a draft regulation prohibiting health food companies from mutilating rats for joint-protection health claims.
PETA is leading a global trend against animal testing after persuading dozens of food and beverage companies, including some major companies in Taiwan, to end (or commit to never starting) experiments on animals.
What You Can Do
Please TAKE ACTION today by sending the TFDA a polite letter of encouragement, letting it know you appreciate its proposal and urging it to follow through.