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A12/0089/18

Tattoo ink

Eternal Ink. · LIGHTNING YELLOW

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

The product contains the aromatic amine o-anisidine (measured value 23 mg/kg) and amine o-toluidine (measured value: 90 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: 20 December 2017

Product

Description
30 ml bottle of yellow ink.
Brand
Eternal Ink.
Batch
Batch number 10/10/16

Original source

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

Alert number
A12/0089/18 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2018-004
Published
22 January 2018
Corrigendum
Notification A12/1242/17 from report 2017-037 has been temporarily removed from the web, pending clarification of the risk.

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