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A12/1581/17

Tattoo ink

Eternal Ink · Deep Red

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

The product contains the aromatic amine o-anisidine (measured value 26 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: ImporterIn force from: 1 August 2017

Product

Description
30-ml bottle of red pigment
Brand
Eternal Ink
Batch
batch 15383

Original source

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

Alert number
A12/1581/17 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2017-046
Published
10 November 2017

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/273684

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