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Tattoo ink – Icolor “Product for permanent makeup”

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
Icolor (3 alerts)
Name
Product for permanent makeup
Type / model
Natural Brown
Batch
LOT 643755
Description
10 ml of brown ink for eyebrow permanent make-up.
Risk
The product contains the aromatic amines o-anisidine, o-toluidine and 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine (measured values: 2.0 mg/kg, 1.4 mg/kg and 0.89 mg/kg, respectively. O-anisidine may cause cancer and might induce mutations.O-toluidine is genotoxic and may cause cancer.4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine is a skin sensitiser, may cause cancer and might induce mutations and/or affect fertility.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.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the importer · from 4 Nov 2019
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
Latvia
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00114/20
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00114/20
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-4 (XML)
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