
Tattoo ink
Solid Ink
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Latvia
What is the danger
The product contains nickel (measured value: 0.8 ppm). Nickel can cause skin irritation, induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses.
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.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 20 March 2020
Product
- Description
- 30 ml of pink orange tattoo ink.
- Packaging
- The product is sold in a transparent plastic bottle with 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
- A12/00658/20 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2020-18
- Published
- 30 April 2020
- Modified
- 1 May 2020
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