
Tattoo ink
Eternal Ink · BUMBLE BEE
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- Yes
What is the danger
The product contains the aromatic amine toluidine (measured values: 29 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: 9 February 2018
Product
- Description
- 30 ml bottle of yellow pigment
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0565/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-016
- Published
- 13 April 2018
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0505/18 from Report-2018-014 has been permanently withdrawn from the website as it concerns the same recall notified in notification A12/0169/18. Notification A12/0491/18 from Report-2018-014 has been permanently withdrawn from the website as it concerns the same recall notified in notification A12/0399/18
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