Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA)
CPCSEA was established with the Ministry of Environment and Forest for regulating experiments on animals, under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals act of 1960.
The Breeding and Experiments on Animals (Control and Supervision) rules were notified in 1998, with amendments in 2001 and then in 2005.
The CPCSEA also requires registration of IAEC for carrying out experiments on small animals.
There are 1600 registered IAECs in India.
Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA)
Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA)
Under the Breeding and Experiments on Animals rules, the concerned institution is required to constitute Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) and get it registered with CPCSEA, get their animal house inspected and also set their specific projects for research cleared by IAEC and CPCSEA for large animals etc.
