{
  "alert_number": "A12/00109/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00109-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10000290",
  "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": "XPMU",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "XPMU",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/xpmu"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Black Brown",
  "model": "Tattoo ink for permanent make-up",
  "batch": "LU2019010231",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "8 ml of brown tattoo ink for permanent make-up.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains nickel (measured value: 50 mg/kg) as well as an excessive amount of zinc and arsenic (measured values: 210 mg/kg and 5.6 mg/kg). Nickel can cause skin irritation, induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses.Zinc is toxic and may cause neurological disorders.Arsenic is toxic and might cause cancer. 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 are as low as technically achievable and that the levels of impurities of zinc do not exceed 50 ppm and of arsenic 2 ppm.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "8 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: 08/11/2019",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "LU2019010231"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Tattoo ink for permanent make-up"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}