
Tattoo ink "Zuper Black tattoo ink"
Zuper Black
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Germany
Requirements breached
The product poses a serious risk because the total content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is 56.6 mg/kg and the benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) content is 0.2 mg/kg. The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) considers that tattoo colours exceeding 0.5 mg/kg total PAH resp. 0.005 mg/kg BaP pose a serious risk, in reference to Council of Europe Resolution "ResAP(2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up".
Product
- Description
- Black tattoo ink. The following inscriptions are reported on the packaging: best-before date 30 May 2014 - Greybusters Berlin.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1276/11 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2011-046
- Published
- 11 November 2011
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