Tattoo ink

Intenze · Lining yellow

Chemical productsChemical

Country of origin: United States
Notifying country: Italy
Counterfeit: No
Sold online: Yes

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What is the danger

The product contains the aromatic amine o-anisidine (measured value: 142 mg/kg).

Requirements breached

This aromatic 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: ImporterIn force from: 23 April 2019

Product

Description: Transparent plastic bottle with a black cap containing yellow tattoo ink.
Brand: Intenze
Batch: Batch SS180

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: A12/0742/19 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2019-020
Published: 7 May 2019
Corrigendum: Notification A12/0057/19 published on report 2019-005 of 01/02/2019 has been modified following a revision by the notifying country. A batch number was added and the legal basis was revised. Notification A12/1758/18 published on report 2018-047 of 23/11/2018 has been modified at the request of the notifying country in order to include two extra batch numbers. Notification A12/0352/19 published on report 2019-009 of 01/03/2019 has been modified following notifying country's instructions to change the risk description and manufacture dates.

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