{
  "alert_number": "A12/00113/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00113-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10000286",
  "safety_gate_published": "2022-11-16",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2020,
    "week": 4,
    "date": "2020-01-24"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Dynamic",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Dynamic",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/dynamic"
    }
  ],
  "name": "BLK",
  "model": "Black",
  "batch": "22021140 EXP 04/11/2022",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "240 ml of black tattoo ink.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains an excessive amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) among which benzo[a]pyrene (measured total values up to: 16.1 ppm and 140 ppb, 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 do not exceed 0,5 ppm and of benzo[a]pyrene 5 ppb.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "3 Dec 2019"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 03/12/2019",
  "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": [
      "22021140 EXP 04/11/2022"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Black"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}