In 2016, the Netherlands National Committee for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (NCad) published a recommendation to transition to research without the use of animal experiments. It called for a gradual reduction and planned exit by 2025, particularly for animal experiments in the context of regulatory safety testing, i.e. safety tests required by law for chemical, foodstuffs, ingredients, pesticides and medical devices and vaccines. In the aftermath of its publication, the recommendation by the NCad was repeatedly cited as a\u201cmasterplan\u201d to stop animal experiments in the Netherlands \u2013wrongly, as has emerged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1. Improving quality of life for humans and animals In 2016, the Netherlands National Committee for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (NCad) published a recommendation to transition to research without the use of animal experiments. It called for a gradual reduction and planned exit by 2025, particularly for animal experiments in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1250,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/unterthema.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-908","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n