Israel, Jan. 12 -- Following discussions with PETA, Strauss Group-the second-largest food and beverage company in Israel and the parent company of the U.S.' top-selling hummus brand, Sabra-has adopted a new policy banning laboratory experiments on animals.
In previous deadly tests on animals conducted at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, an experimenter funded by Strauss Group fed mice a low-fat, high-fat, or ketogenic diet and then starved them for 12 hours before killing and dissecting them. Some animals were starved for 20 hours every day for eight weeks. In a letter to the company, PETA pointed out that since all the tests involved common food ingredients with no toxicity concerns, studies could have been safely conducted u...