
Tattoo ink
Intenze · Cherry Bomb
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Germany
Requirements breached
The products pose a chemical risk due to the presence of the aromatic amine 4-methyl-m-phenylendiamine at a level of 1 133 mg/kg. According to the Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008) on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, the level of the aromatic amines as 4-methyl-m-phenylendiamine with carcinogenic effects, should neither be present in tattoos and PMU products nor released from azo-colorants.
Measures taken
- Import rejected at border Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 18 March 2014
Product
- Description
- 4 plastic bottles with screw-on dropper attachment and adhesive labels shrink-wrapped in plastic film.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0601/14 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2014-016
- Published
- 16 April 2014
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1209/13 from week 36 of 2013 has been modified: the identification of the affected products has been further specified with the inclusion of article numbers. In notification A12/0327/14 from week 8 and notification A12/0383/14 from week 10 the measured values have been corrected.
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