
Tattoo ink
World Famous Tattoo Ink · Vegas Green
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The product contains the aromatic amine o-toluidine (measured value: 28 mg/kg). This aromatic amine can cause cancer.
Requirements breached
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.
Measures taken
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 20 August 2018
Product
- Description
- Plastic bottle with black cap containing dark green pigment.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1517/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-042
- Published
- 11 October 2018
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/331398
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