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The agency responsible for overseeing the safety of cosmetics is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by the enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). The FDA is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, whose website, under "Animal Testing" (May 31, 1999; Updated April 5, 2006), states: "The FD&C Act does not specifically require the use of animals in testing cosmetics for safety, nor does the Act subject cosmetics to FDA premarket approval." Therefore, it is not necessary that these products undergo animal testing whatsoever.

Read more at Suite101: Animal Testing on Products - Is It Necessary?