
Tattoo ink
Eternal Ink · Solid Gold
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
The product contains the aromatic amine o-toluidine (measured value 48 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: 18 March 2016
Product
- Description
- Plastic bottle containing 30 ml of yellow ink.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0483/16 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2016-016
- Published
- 15 April 2016
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0427/16 published in report n°14 of 08/04/2016 has been updated at the request of the notifying authority in order to clarify that the product is counterfeit. Information on product identification (brand, product name) in notification A12/0394/16, published in report n° 13, has been updated upon request of the notifying authorities.
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