{
  "alert_number": "A12/00104/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00104-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10000353",
  "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": "Eternal Ink",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Eternal Ink",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/eternalink"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Nocturnal",
  "model": "Lining & Shading",
  "batch": "LOT 08/10/18",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "60 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 and benzo[e]pyrene (measured total values up to: 15.6 mg/kg,140 µg/kg and  0,09 mg/kg, respectively).   These 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  Benzo[a]pyrene 5 ppb (µg/kg).",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "12 Nov 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: 12/11/2019",
  "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 08/10/18"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Lining & Shading"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}