{
  "alert_number": "A12/00101/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00101-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10000362",
  "safety_gate_published": "2020-01-21",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2020,
    "week": 4,
    "date": "2020-01-24"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Solid Ink",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Solid Ink",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/solidink"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Matte Black",
  "model": "Matte Black",
  "batch": "LOT 08.13.18 Exp 08.2022",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "29,5 ml of black tattoo ink. The product was also sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "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.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "14 Oct 2019"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 14/10/2019",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "United States",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "LOT 08.13.18 Exp 08.2022"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Matte Black"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}