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Tattoo ink – Eternal Ink “Mudslide”

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 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tattoo ink
Brand
Eternal Ink (73 alerts)
Name
Mudslide
Type / model
Mudslide
Batch
LOT M-157 Use by 11.2020
Description
30 ml of brown tattoo ink. The product was also sold online.
Risk
The product contains the aromatic amine o-toluidine (measured value: 42 mg/kg) and an excessive amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (measured total value: 0.6 mg/kg). O-toluidine can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction.PAHs may 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 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 the levels of impurities of PAHs in tattoo inks do not exceed 0,5 ppm.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the retailer · from 23 Oct 2019
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00110/20
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00110/20
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-4 (XML)
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