Tattoo ink – Solid Ink “Matte Black”
Serious risk Chemical
- Product
- Tattoo ink
- Brand
- Solid Ink (2 alerts)
- Name
- Matte Black
- Type / model
- Matte Black
- Batch
- LOT 08.13.18 Exp 08.2022
- Description
- 29,5 ml of black tattoo ink. The product was also sold online.
- Risk
- The product contains an excessive amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) among which Benzo[a]pyrene (measured total values: 73.6 mg/kg and 900 µg/kg). PAHs may cause cancer and are also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction. The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up recommends that the levels of impurities of PAHs in tattoo inks does not exceed 0,5 mg/kg and the levels of impurities of benzo[a]pyrene 5 µg/kg.
- Measures
- Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the retailer · from 14 Oct 2019
- Notifying country
- Sweden
- Country of origin
- United States
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
- Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.
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Other alerts for Solid Ink
- Chemical products · Latvia Tattoo ink – Solid Ink 1 Mayweek 18 report, 2020 Chemical Serious risk