Product Safety Tests are tests conducted in animals to assure the safety of drugs, and personal or household products. These tests include controlled studies in laboratory animals.
Consumers have the right to expect that the products they depend upon are safe when used properly.
Physicians and veterinarians also need to know how to treat victims of accidental poisoning or exposure to harmful materials. The FDA requires information about the effects of new chemicals before testing in humans. FDA regulations do not specify the tests that must be done, but they will not allow human testing if animal safety testing is inadequate or incomplete. The EPA administers the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Animal safety tests are conducted to determine if a substance poses an unreasonable risk to human health or to the environment.