
Tattoo ink
World Famous Tattoo Ink · Great Wall Yello
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 70 mg/kg). These aromatic amines can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction.
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: 27 March 2019
Product
- Description
- Transparent plastic bottle with a black cap containing tattoo ink, with labelling also in Spanish, French and German.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0628/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-016
- Published
- 10 April 2019
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/362254
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