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A12/1719/18

Tattoo ink

Eternal Ink · GRAFFITI GREEN

Country of origin
United States
Notifying country
Italy
Counterfeit
No
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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

  1. 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
Eternal Ink
Batch
Lot No 08/01/2016

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Corrigendum : Notification A12/0794/18 from Report 2018-023 has been permanently withdrawn at the request of the notifying authority, following reassessment of the risk.

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