09 Feb 2023 --- Animal-free safety testing for cosmetics and beauty ingredients is largely hindered by inconsistencies across global regulatory policies. Addressing this, more than 35 cosmetics manufacturers and suppliers, industry associations and animal protection organizations have linked up to launch the International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety (ICCS). The organizations are scaling animal-free methods of testing, with the aim to ensure they are accepted and used by all involved in cosmetics safety testing. In some cases, animal-free assessments have been found to work more effectively than animal testing.
