
Tattoo ink
Eternal Ink · Light Red
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
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
- 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
- Model / type
- Batch
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- Notification A12/0109/16 has been withdrawn from Report 2016-005 at the request of the notifying authority as it concerns the same recall that was notified in A12/0026/16 (Report-2016-002).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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