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Tattoo ink – FABbrows “Honey Brown”

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 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tattoo ink
Brand
FABbrows
Name
Honey Brown
Type / model
Honey Brown
Batch
LU201811 EXP: 11-01-2021
Description
8 ml of brown tattoo ink for permanent make-up of eyebrows. The product was also sold online.
Risk
The product contains nickel (measured value: 17 mg/kg) and an excessive amount of zinc and lead (measured values: 260 mg/kg and 2.3 mg/kg, respectively). Nickel can cause skin irritation, induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses.Zinc is toxic and may cause neurological disorders.Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body, can cause developmental neurotoxicity and may also affect breast-fed or unborn children.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 nickel in tattoo inks are as low as technically achievable and that the levels of impurities of zinc do not exceed 50 ppm and of lead 2 ppm.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the retailer · from 11 Nov 2019
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00108/20
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00108/20
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-4 (XML)
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