
Tattoo ink
Intenze · Dark Brown
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The product contains nickel (measured value: 104 mg/kg).
Requirements breached
Nickel can cause skin irritation and induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses. 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 nickel in tattoo inks are as low as technically achievable.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 12 February 2019
- Destruction of the product Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 12 February 2019
Product
- Description
- Labelled, transparent plastic bottle with screw-top fitted with a dispensing nozzle, containing 29.6 ml of dark brown tattoo ink.
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0516/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-013
- Published
- 22 March 2019
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum : Notification A12/0476/19 has been temporarily removed from Report-2019-012, pending reassessment of the risk.
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