How to use alternatives to animal testing to fulfil your information requirements for REACH registration

Knowledge Source Identification
Knowledge source name How to use alternatives to animal testing to fulfil your information requirements for REACH registration
Owner/Developer European Chemicals Agency
Abbreviated owner ECHA
Country Finland
Languages English
URL https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/13655/practical_guide_how_to_use_alternatives_en.pdf/148b30c7-c186-463c-a898-522a888a4404
Description The REACH Regulation requires new information on hazardous properties to be generated avoiding unnecessary animal testing where possible. The purpose of this practical guide is to inform you about your obligations to avoid unnecessary testing on vertebrate animals, yet still ensure that you have sufficient information on the properties of your substances for classification and risk assessment. To this end, it explains the increasing opportunities for using alternatives to animal testing and how to report these correctly. This practical guide also provides recommendations based on ECHA’s experience so far with the registration and dossier evaluation processes.
Knowledge Source Category
Category Publication
Sub categories Guidance document
Knowledge Dissemination and Sharing
Dissemination channel Website
Targeted audience (specified/objective analysis) Industry
Users access Open access
Knowledge Characterization
3Rs relevance Replacement
Purpose Regulatory testing, Documentation and information
Legislative framework REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
Technology/Tools Alternative test methods (in vitro), Non-testing methods (in silico)