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A12/1262/15

Tattoo ink

Eternal Ink · Lightning Yellow

Country of origin
United States
Notifying country
Italy
Counterfeit
No
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Requirements breached

The product contains the aromatic amines o-anisidine and o-toluidine (measured value 19 mg/kg and 68 mg/kg). Aromatic Amines can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction. 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. The product does not comply with the national legislation.

Measures taken

  1. Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 23 September 2015

Product

Description
30 ml bottle of yellow pigment
Brand
Eternal Ink
Model / type
Unknown
Batch
Batch number 01/07/14, CI 77891 and CI 11741

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
A12/1262/15 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2015-041
Published
8 October 2015

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/178772

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