PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Starting in 2022, New Jersey stores will no longer be able to sell cosmetics if they were tested on animals, with a few exceptions.
Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that prohibits the sale of cosmetic products that have been tested on animals beginning on March 1, 2022.
There are some exceptions, including if "the animal test is required by a federal or state regulatory authority, and the ingredient that requires an animal test is in wide use and cannot be replaced by another ingredient."
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New Jersey legislators unanimously signed the bill in both the State Senate and Assembly.
Anyone who breaks the law can be fined up to $1,000, enforced by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law 35 and Public Safety.
Items that have been tested on animals before March 1 will not be subject to the law.
According to People, New Jersey is the eighth state to institute such a ban.
