by Minty Hand | Aug 26, 2022 | News, XCellR8 News
CFI: New Federal Bill Could Roll-Back State Cruelty Free Cosmetics Laws In the cosmetics section of the new FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements Act (S. 4348) there is no mention of prohibiting animal testing for cosmetics in the bill – and it might even nullify all...
by Minty Hand | Aug 5, 2022 | News, XCellR8 News
French Decree to Ban Plant-Based Use of Meat-Like Terminology SUSPENDED The French Conseil d’Etat, France’s highest court, has just now expressed serious doubt about the legality of the proposed ban of meat-like terminology for plant-based producers in France, and...
by Minty Hand | Jul 29, 2022 | News, XCellR8 News
Department of Transportation Ends Animal Testing Requirement! This week, with encouragement from PETA, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) expanded its acceptance of animal-free skin testing. This change will encourage companies to use animal-free tests. Read...
by Minty Hand | Jul 15, 2022 | News, XCellR8 News
Here’s our weekly news round-up… COVID-19 and climate crisis bolstering vegan beauty demand: Review The global COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing climate crisis has bolstered demand for vegan topical and ingestible cosmetics as consumers look to improve...
by Minty Hand | Jul 7, 2022 | Animal-free testing, News
Last week, the annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals for 2021 were published and the results were disappointing. 3.06 million tests were conducted in 2021- an increase in 6% from 2020… We’re here to fill you in on the good, the bad and the ugly...