University researchers have challenged law makers to set a legal definition for the term ‘cruelty-free’ in order to protect consumers, having found that many misunderstand products featuring these labels.
UK-based Evocutis has been accepted as a member of the In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform (IVTIP) which will allow it to further its work: laboratory and clinical evaluations of skin care products.
“We have been transparent on the issue regarding our requirement to adhere to local laws in countries where we do business,” said Avon, after it found itself in a class action lawsuit alongside Estee Lauder and Mary Kay for allegedly claiming that their...
Avon has landed in hot water, alongside Estee Lauder and Mary Kay, after being slapped with a class action lawsuit for allegedly deceiving American consumers with false and misleading representations relating to animal testing of their products.
The China State Food and Drug Administration have issued a draft proposal for an alternative method to animal experiments when testing cosmetic ingredients for acute phototoxic effects on the skin.
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have found a cell-based alternative to animal testing that could be used to detect allergies and the strength of the response in cosmetics products.
California-based Allergan Inc has had its in-vitro, cell-based assay for testing the stability and potency of Botox and Botox cosmetic, approved by the FDA.
In 2011 the cosmetics industry will find itself between a rock and a hard place when it comes to phasing out animal testing, a process that has been underway for many years.
Campaigners are today celebrating the enforcement of the EU ban on the use of animals to test cosmetic ingredients but reservations remain about the availability of alternatives.
European cosmetics regulation has long been a minefield of grey areas and contradictions, a point that is underlined by the struggle to ban the testing of cosmetics ingredients on animals.
Impending deadlines on animal testing and new chemical legislation will be examined and discussed at a cosmetic ingredients conference later this week.
As anxiety among policy makers grows in the run up to the 2009 ban,
two biochips have been developed that could eliminate the need for
animal testing on cosmetic ingredients.
The European Court of Justice has ruled against moves by the French
government to resist a ban on the testing of cosmetics products on
animals by the year 2009. The move will come as a blow to one of
the country's biggest industries...
With new EU regulations coming into force on both the testing of
chemicals and cosmetics, the demand for alternatives to animal
experiments has escalated. The European Commission is committed to
a reduction in animal testing, as evidenced...
UK beauty and cosmetics company The Body Shop this week welcomed
the news that Europe will finally ban cosmetics animal testing but
was disappointed that the EU Conciliation Committee had not
resolved the issue of a total ban on the...
