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Lawmakers hear HB401 seeking to ban state funds for animal product testing and require reporting; advocates press for modern non‑animal methods
Summary
Representative Diane Kelly's HB401 would bar New Hampshire state funds for product testing that uses traditional animal methods and require annual reporting by in‑state testing facilities. Witnesses said current federal reporting hides much animal testing; advocates urged a reporting requirement and a phase‑out of non‑medical animal testing.
Representative Diane Kelly introduced HB401, a bill that would prohibit the use of New Hampshire state funds for ingredient or product testing that relies on traditional animal‑based test methods and would require annual reporting from in‑state testing facilities on animal use.
Kelly told the committee such a measure would align New Hampshire with federal trends and emerging non‑animal methods and cited the FDA Modernization Act and the EPA's plans to phase out mammal testing as reasons states should act.…
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