
Tattoo ink
Intenze · Banana Cream
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The ink contains the aromatic amine o-anisidine (measured value: 87 mg/kg).
Requirements breached
O-anisidine amine may 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: DistributorIn force from: 12 March 2019
Product
- Description
- Yellow tattoo ink (29 ml) in a transparent plastic bottle with a black cap.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0676/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-017
- Published
- 17 April 2019
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0476/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-012 of 22-03-2019 following reassessment of the risk.
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