
Tattoo ink
Eternal Ink. · LIGHTNING YELLOW
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
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
- 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
- Batch
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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