The Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency have developed guidance for registrants on meeting the toxicological and ecotoxicological information requirements laid out in Annexes 7-10 of UK REACH, outlining ways in which new tests on animals might be avoided or minimised.

Opportunities to minimise animal testing are widely available; any animal tests must only be undertaken as a last resort and implementing the '3Rs' (Reduction, Refinement and Replacement).

Registrants are advised to use the new guidance when considering how to meet information requirements in the UK REACH annex(es) relevant to their registration tonnage band.

The guidance primarily applies to the registration of new substances, that is, those that were not registered under EU REACH before the 1 January 2021.

Registrants must submit a testing proposal to the Agency for any Annex 9 and 10 testing by way of a dossier update in line with Article 40 of UK REACH.

The guidance may be viewed here:
https://www.hse.gov.uk/reach/animal-testing/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=chemicals-guidance&utm_term=animal-testing&utm_content=reach-25-nov-24

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