Senate passes ICCVAM Authorization Act Dec. 6 "to establish, wherever feasible, guidelines, recommendations and regulations that promote the regulatory acceptance" of alternative test methods that "protect human and animal health and the environment." The bill, HR 4281, permanently establishes NIH's Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods to encourage companies and federal agencies "to make the long-term research investments necessary to develop new, revised and alternative toxicology test methods for ICCVAM to review," Sen. Michael DeWine (R-Ohio), who sponsored the bill in the Senate, said during testimony. HR 4281 passed the House Oct. 17 (1"The Rose Sheet" Oct. 23, p. 9)
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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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Illinois-based Ulta Beauty, Inc. acquires leading British beauty retailer SpaceNk from Manzanita Capital for an undisclosed price. Unilever PLC purchases Dr. Squatch personal care from Summit Partners.
Latest European appointments: Opella names Germany director; Stada has new Western Europe head; Futura makes CEO change.
Recent warning letters to seven companies marketing products with kratom extract known as 7-OH are FDA’s first in three years referencing unlawful products containing kratom and the first of all its kratom-related warnings to reference extracts from the botanical.
