Beyond animal testing: Next-gen safety assessments to be standard via Cosmetics Design Europe

written by Kacey Culliney – 20 November 2019

Beyond animal testing: Next-gen safety assessments to be standard within 10 years, predicts expert

Next-generation in vitro safety assessments for cosmetics should see good uptake in coming years, receiving regulatory approvals and becoming industry standard within the next decade, suggests the director of science and research at Cosmetics Europe.

In 2013, all European countries banned production and marketing of cosmetics and ingredients testing on animals, following an initial ban on testing for nished products in 2004 and ingredients in 2009. Since then, the scientic world has been sharply focused on developing new methods and strategies to use as alternatives – next- or new-generation methods.

“New generation risk assessment is basically risk assessment on the basis of data which are not derived from animal studies,” said Rob Taalman, science and research director of Cosmetics Europe at the Cosmetic Consultants Europe (CCE) 2019 Open Academy in Cyprus earlier this month. Addressing attendees, Taalman said the need for alternative methods was obvious in Europe but
would also become increasingly important on a global level, as animal testing bans proliferated worldwide.

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