Tattoo ink
Eternal Ink · Mudslide
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Sweden
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The product contains the aromatic amine o-toluidine (measured value: 42 mg/kg) and an excessive amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (measured total value: 0.6 mg/kg).
Requirements breached
O-toluidine can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction. PAHs may cause cancer. The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, recommends that aromatic amines with carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic or sensitising properties should neither be present in tattoos and permanent make-up products nor released from azo-colourants and that the levels of impurities of PAHs in tattoo inks do not exceed 0,5 ppm.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 23 October 2019
Product
- Description
- 30 ml of brown tattoo ink. The product was also sold online.
- Packaging
- The product is sold in a transparent plastic bottle with black dispensing nozzle and screw cap.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00110/20 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2020-4
- Published
- 21 January 2020
- Modified
- 16 June 2020
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10000287
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