While the use of animals to test the safety of cosmetic products in the U.S. is legal, a number of states have brought in ...

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The law, known as the New York Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, prohibits the sale and manufacturing of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. It is slated to go into effect in January 2023.

Animal testing remains legal in most of the world. Learn how the practice began—and is still performed—and how to know if your favorite cosmetics have been tested on animals.

For years, companies have been testing products on animals like mice. A new law in Canada will soon make testing cosmetics on animals a thing of the past. (Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini/Getty Images) ...

Canada has moved to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals, joining a number of other countries and American states to outlaw the practice. The Canadian government announced the decision in a ...

The government has allowed animal testing for makeup ingredients to resume despite a 25-year ban. It changed a policy on animal testing to align with EU chemical rules, according to a High Court ...

However we get there, a national prohibition on animal tests for cosmetics would align the U.S. with more than 40 countries and nine states that have passed laws to end or limit them.

The Arizona Senate on Monday approved legislation that would make it illegal for a manufacturer to knowingly sell any cosmetic in which animal testing was used in its making.

The law, known as the New York Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, prohibits the sale and manufacturing of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. It is slated to go into effect in January 2023.