
Tattoo ink
Eternal Ink · Viola - Plum
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product contains nickel and an excessive amount of copper (measured values: 4.3 ppm and 189 ppm, respectively). Nickel can cause skin irritation, induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses. Copper can cause liver and kidney damage and might affect fertility.
Requirements breached
The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, recommends that the levels of nickel are as low as technically achievable and copper does not exceed 25 ppm.
Measures taken
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 20 March 2020
Product
- Description
- 30 ml of violet tattoo ink.
- Packaging
- The product is sold in a transparent plastic bottle with dispensing nozzle and screw cap.
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00509/20 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2020-14
- Published
- 24 March 2020
- Modified
- 3 April 2020
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10000929
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