November 2010
Following PETA’s efforts, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which regulates trade among the most economically developed nations, approved the use of an extended one-generation animal test to replace the current two-generation rodent test for reproductive toxicity. Using the one-generation test saves a minimum of 1,200 animals over the two-generation test—and it saves as many as 2,400 animals every time this frequently required test is conducted.
