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A12/0028/18

Tattoo ink

Intenze · Bright Red

Country of origin
United States
Notifying country
Italy
Counterfeit
No
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What is the danger

The product contains the aromatic amine o-anisidine (measured value 26 mg/kg).

Requirements breached

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: 5 December 2017

Product

Description
29.6 ml bottle of red pigment
Brand
Intenze
Batch
Batch number SS241

Original source

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

Alert number
A12/0028/18 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2018-003
Published
10 January 2018
Corrigendum
RAPEX notification A12/1411/17 of Report-2017-042 has been withdrawn at the request of the notifying authority following a revised risk assessment.

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