
Tattoo ink
Eternal Ink · Bright Orange
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Croatia
What is the danger
The product contains lead (measured value: 14.7 mg/kg) and barium (measured value: 75 mg/kg).
Requirements breached
Exposure to lead is harmful for human health and can cause developmental neurotoxicity. Salts of barium can be absorbed from the tattoo ink and have toxic effects. The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up recommends that the levels of lead in tattoo inks do not exceed 2 mg/kg and that the level of barium not exceed 50 mg/kg.
Measures taken
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 29 June 2018
Product
- Description
- Bright Orange ink, plastic bottle with srcew top, 30 ml, MPG date 03.2017, exp. date 03. 2020,
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1122/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-031
- Published
- 27 July 2018
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0946/18, published in Report-2018-028, was updated at the request of the notifying authority to indicate that the product is considered to be counterfeit.
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