19 Dec 2022 --- New York has become the tenth US state to prohibit the sale of cosmetics tested on animals after Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Cruelty Free Cosmetics Act into law. Under the terms of the Act, the sale of cosmetics newly tested on animals will be prohibited in the State of New York from January, 2023. Instead, manufacturers will have to use widely available non-animal testing methods. Cosmetics currently on sale will remain available.