
Tattoo ink
Intenze · Bright Red
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
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
- 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
- Batch
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- RAPEX notification A12/1411/17 of Report-2017-042 has been withdrawn at the request of the notifying authority following a revised risk assessment.
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