
Tattoo ink
Eternal Ink · GRAFFITI 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: 407.5 mg/kg).
Requirements breached
This aromatic amine can cause cancer. 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: 25 October 2018
Product
- Description
- Green tattoo ink in a 30 ml bottle.
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1719/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-046
- Published
- 9 November 2018
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum : Notification A12/0794/18 from Report 2018-023 has been permanently withdrawn at the request of the notifying authority, following reassessment of the risk.
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