
Tattoo ink
World Famous Tattoo Ink · Black Sabbath
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Croatia
What is the danger
The product contains barium (measured value: 92 mg/kg).
Requirements breached
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 level of barium does not exceed 50 mg/kg.
Measures taken
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 20 June 2018
Product
- Description
- Black tattoo ink, in a 30 ml plastic bottle with screw top.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1162/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-032
- Published
- 1 August 2018
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0422/17 from Report-2017-014 has been updated to indicate an extended production period and increase in the total of number of product units affected.
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