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Features > Iams Campaign Updates
Iams Campaign Updates
 Despite attempts to fool
people into believing otherwise, Iams continues to conduct laboratory
tests on animals—even though these tests are not necessary and
are not required by law.
After pressure from PETA and consumers, and after PETA worked with the
Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) to clarify that
it was not necessary for its standards to be achieved using tests conducted
on caged animals, Iams capitulated and ended the one laboratory test conducted
expressly for the purpose of enabling the company to meet AAFCO standards.
For years, Iams had unnecessarily been using animals in laboratory
cages in order to carry out this simple “nutritional adequacy”
test! While ending this test is a small step in the right direction, Iams
still has a long way to go. And, while we know that there are
many other tests that Iams conducts on animals in laboratories, Iams is
misleading people by saying that it has stopped its “nutritional
tests” on animals. The company is hoping that consumers will think
that it has stopped all tests of a nutritional nature, when, in fact,
it has simply stopped the one “nutritional adequacy” test.
Iams continues to conduct laboratory tests on animals, including palatability
tests, “discovery phase” tests, and metabolized energy tests
(METs)—the tests that Sally, No Name, and the other dogs suffered
through at the Iams contract lab exposed in our undercover investigation.
Iams can end all laboratory tests on animals and instead rely
on chemical analyses of companion-animal food formulas, in-home studies,
collaborative studies with private veterinary clinics using animals whose
guardians have volunteered them, or any of the numerous other humane alternatives
to laboratory testing that are available. If Iams is truly committed to
ending laboratory tests on animals, it will take these actions without
delay. Please don’t let Iams hoodwink you into thinking that all
is well. It’s not. Dogs and cats are still in cages, and other animals
(chicks, pigs, and others) are being used in even more invasive experiments
by Iams. Read on to see how you can help.
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Iams Continues Cruel Experiments on Animals
Update: Iams Stops Using Chicks in Tests!
We Want Empty Cages, Not Slightly Nicer Cages