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Credo Beauty Pioneers Eco-Conscious Future with Two New Launches: Credo Qualified Services and its Clean Beauty Council
Credo Beauty has announced the introduction of Credo Qualified, a Credo Beauty-managed service market for businesses in the beauty supply chain as well as its Clean Beauty Council, featuring eight experts from across the field.
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Senolytic evolution: clear – fill – revive
SenoCellTec™ is an advanced senolytic innovation designed to rejuvenate the skin by addressing fundamental biological causes of aging.
Cruelty-free/Halal
[update] Washington State Enacts Animal Testing Ban
H.B. 1097 makes it unlawful for manufacturers to sell a cosmetic that was developed using animal testing.
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June 2026
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EU's Cosmetics Animal Testing Bans Challenged in New Court Decision
Cruelty-free/Halal
Inolex and CTPA Join ICCS, Further Promote Animal-free Testing Methods
Cruelty-free/Halal
US Moves a Step Closer to Banning Cosmetics Animal Testing
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Preservation, Reimagined: Hybrid Antimicrobial Strategies for Safer, More Natural, Skin‑Protective Personal Care Products
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Canada Officially Bans Animal Testing for Cosmetics
On June 22, 2023, Canadian officials passed measures through the Budget Implementation Act, Bill C-47, prohibiting the sale of cosmetics that rely on new animal testing data to establish product safety.
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Skin vs. Climate Chaos: Building Resilience in Real Time
As climate instability reshapes skin behavior, beauty innovation is entering a new era. Adaptive skincare is evolving to help skin not just protect itself but thrive in a constantly changing world. Discover Gattefossé’s approach in the field of bioactives and sensorial functional ingredients.
Cruelty-free/Halal
CTPA Welcomes UK Government Action to Ensure No Cosmetic Ingredient Testing on Animals
The announcement from the government is an important step towards the goal of ensuring that non-animal methods are accepted by the authorities to meet the requirements of other pieces of UK chemicals legislation, per the CTPA.
Cruelty-free/Halal
U.K. Government Alleged to Secretly Abandon Animal Testing Ban; CTPA Responds
Cruelty Free International called on Home Secretary Suella Braverman MP to reinstate the 1998 ban (case number CO/3748/21) although according to the CTPA, the ban was never abandoned.
Claims/Labeling
John Paul Mitchell Hit with Suit Alleging False 'No Animal Testing' Claim
John Paul Mitchell Systems is facing a class action suit alleging its "no animal testing" promise was broken to meet regulatory requirements in China to gain access to the market.
Cruelty-free/Halal
New York Cruelty Free Cosmetics Act Signed into Law
The legislation will go into effect as of Jan. 1, 2023, and will end the sale of cosmetics tested on animals in New York State, WBNG reports.
Companies
BioCell Collagen Gains Halal Approval
BioCell's flagship ingredient, BioCell Collagen, is now halal-certified by the Islamic Information Documentation and Certification GmbH (IIDC), an accreditation accepted in nearly all Islamic countries.
Regulations
Osea Officially an Ocean Positive Verified Brand
According to Osea, the brand offsets more carbon than it creates.
Animal Alternatives
CTPA Convenes to Progress the Use and Regulatory Acceptance of Animal Testing Alternatives
The CTPA and the U.K. cosmetic industry wants to promote the use of new approach methodologies (NAMs) as alternatives to animal testing for these vital safety requirements under other chemicals legislation, especially UK Reach.
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Asia-Pacific Regulatory Update: Regulations Refined—GMPs, Children's Cosmetics, Animal Testing and More in China
Following previous Chinese regulatory updates, the author herein presents updated revisions from the fourth quarter of 2021. These revisions relate to cutting down excessive packaging, GMPs, monitoring adverse reactions, animal test alternatives and more.
Cruelty-free/Halal
Animal Testing for Cosmetics Banned in Virginia as of 2022
"The more states that adopt this legislation, and Virginia being one of the first, has really helped push forward the federal legislation ... [W]hat we really do need is a harmonized law across the U.S.”
Cruelty-free/Halal
Humane Cosmetics Act Brought Before U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives
The Personal Care Products Council (PCPC), Humane Society of the United States, and Humane Society Legislative Fund applauded U.S. Senators and Representatives for bipartisan efforts to introduce the Humane Cosmetics Act.