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In Brief: California Seeks Federal Animal-Test Ban; PCPC Unveils GMPs Aid; More

A joint resolution approved by California’s State Senate calls for a federal ban on cosmetic animal testing; The Personal Care Products Council introduces a new tool companies can use to verify Good Manufacturing Compliance conformance. More news in brief.

California’s State Senate voted April 7 to approve a joint resolution supporting a federal ban on animal testing of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients. Introduced March 24 by State Sen. Marty Block, D-San Diego, the resolution urges U.S. Congress to follow the lead of the European Union, Norway, India and Israel and build on work started by California, which banned the use of animal testing when validated alternatives are available in 2000 Also see "California animal testing" - HBW Insight, 9 October, 2000.. The resolution was sponsored by NGO Cruelty Free International and advises federal legislators to establish deadlines for prohibiting animal testing and to mandate the use of alternative methods. At the federal level, the Humane Cosmetics Act introduced on March 5 by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., would enact the provisions recommended by the California resolution ([A#02140310006]).The bill has garnered 35 co-sponsors.

The Personal Care Products Council’s newly developed Personal Care Manufacturing Assessment Program “offers the industry a unique tool to verify [Good Manufacturing Practices] conformance and a means for qualifying supplier capability,” according to an April 9 release. The voluntary program is based on ISO 22716 and helps companies assess quality aspects relating to production, control, storage and shipment of cosmetic products, ingredients or packaging components, “with the objective of meeting defined specifications at all stages of product development

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