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A12/0166/16

Tattoo ink

Eternal Ink · Light Red

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

The product contains the aromatic amines o-toluidine (measured value 92 mg/kg), 2.4-diaminotoluene (measured value 2780 mg/kg) and 2-methyl-5-nitroaniline (measured value 46 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: 21 January 2016

Product

Description
30 ml bottle with red pigment.
Brand
Eternal Ink
Model / type
CI 12475
Batch
batch 24.10.14, expiry 24.10.2017

Original source

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

Alert number
A12/0166/16 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2016-007
Published
9 February 2016
Corrigendum
Notification A12/0109/16 has been withdrawn from Report 2016-005 at the request of the notifying authority as it concerns the same recall that was notified in A12/0026/16 (Report-2016-002). Notification A12/1081/15 from Report 2015-035 due to an error, the notifying authority has asked to remove Turkey as the country of origin.

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