Taiwan FDA Ends Iron Tests on Animals After Hearing From PETA

The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) finalized a regulation that removes animal testing as an option for companies wanting to make human iron health claims for marketing their food and beverage products. The testing included feeding baby rats an iron-deficient diet to induce anemia and then feeding them a test food, after which their blood was repeatedly taken. The TFDA now requires only safe and effective human tests for this purpose. This decision followed e-mails to agency officials from more than 24,000 PETA supporters opposing experiments on animals.