The Body Shop: Four mil. consumers sign non-animal testing petition requesting that the European Union "end the cruel and unnecessary use of animals in cosmetics testing by imposing the proposed Jan. 1, 1998 ban," the company said. The petition states that The Body Shop and the undersigned "believe cosmetics and toiletry testing on animals to be morally and scientifically unjustifiable" and that "sufficient safe ingredients are available for use in cosmetics products without further animal testing." The petition argues that "the cosmetics industry will develop alternative tests faster when forbidden from using new animal tested ingredients and products." The petition will be submitted to the European Commission during the week of Nov. 25...
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”
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“Today’s consumers, especially younger generations, are redefining personal care as preventive care,” argues Kenvue on the basis of its latest research into global consumer trends.
Circular Action Alliance, the Producer Responsibility Organization managing California’s EPR law, is urging single-use packaging producers subject to the law to register ahead of a November 15 deadline for reporting materials.
Launching Heather’s UTI Defense, firm partners with Oxford University in clinical trial comparing its supplement head-to-head with D-mannose, most commonly available dietary ingredient for UTI prevention
