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Tattoo ink - Eternal Ink tattoo colours – Eternal Ink

Serious risk Microbiological

Published by Safety Gate 13 Aug 2009In the weekly report of 14 Aug 2009 (week 31, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tattoo ink - Eternal Ink tattoo colours
Brand
Eternal Ink (73 alerts)
Type / model
<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2009-w31/1071_09.pdf"> See the attached list</a> <img src="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" border="0" width="40" height="13"/>
Description
Plastic bottles with different colours of tattoo ink. On the label is printed the colour name, Exp. Date, Lot number and Colour Index number.
Risk
The product poses a microbiological risk because it contains the bacteria pseudomonas with can cause infections. Sixteen different Eternal Ink colours contain the bacteria pseudomonas and 25 Eternal Ink colours are not sterile.
Measures
  • Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
The Netherlands
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1071/09Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1071/09Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1071/09
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1071/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-31 (XML)
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