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Tattoo ink – Tina Davies “Permablend”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 21 Jan 2020In the weekly report of 24 Jan 2020 (week 4, 2020)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tattoo ink
Brand
Tina Davies (2 alerts)
Name
Permablend
Type / model
1 Grey
Batch
B20209, Exp 08/20/21
Description
15 ml of grey tattoo ink. The product was also sold online.
Risk
The product contains the aromatic amine 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine (measured value: 0.96 mg/kg) and nickel (measured value: 1.5 mg/kg). 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine is a skin sensitiser and may cause cancer.Nickel can cause skin irritation, induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses.The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, recommends that aromatic amines with carcinogenic mutagenic, reprotoxic or sensitising properties should neither be present in tattoos and permanent make-up products nor released from azo-colourants and that nickel levels are as low as technically achievable.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the retailer · from 25 Oct 2019
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00105/20Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00105/20
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00105/20
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-4 (XML)
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