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Gov. Brown Signs California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act

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By: TOM BRANNA

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It’s official: California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1249, the California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, into law on Sept. 28, 2018. Authored by Sen. Cathleen Galgiani and co-sponsored by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Social Compassion in Legislation, SB 1249 makes it unlawful for cosmetic manufacturers to sell any cosmetic in California if the final product or any component of the product was tested on animals after Jan. 1, 2020, with some exceptions for regulat...

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