{
  "alert_number": "A12/0026/14",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0026-14",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/98281",
  "safety_gate_published": "2014-01-09",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2014,
    "week": 2,
    "date": "2014-01-17"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Dragon Tattoo Ink",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Dragon Tattoo Ink",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/dragontattooink"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Unknown",
  "model": "TP-1: 77891; TP-2: 77891; TP-3: 77891",
  "batch": "Unknown",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Tattoo ink supplied in plastic bottle with drip and cap and an adhesive label.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "null The products pose a chemical risk because they contain aromatic amine 4-methyl-m-phenylendiamine, arsenic, lead and nickel above the permitted levels (measured values: aromatic amines 308 mg/kg; arsenic: 3.1 mg/kg; lead: 2.4 mg/kg; nickel: 19.7 mg/kg).According to the Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008) on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, the aromatic amines as 4-methyl-m-phenylendiamine with carcinogenic effects, should neither be present in tattoos and PMU products nor released from azo-colourants. According to the  ResAP (2008) the levels of lead and arsenic should not exceed 2 mg/kg, whereas the nickel levels in tattoo inks must be as low as technically achievable as nickel has a high allergenic potential.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Import rejected at border",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "18 Dec 2013"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border\nDate of entry into force: 18/12/2013",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "Unknown"
    ],
    "models": [
      "TP-1: 77891; TP-2: 77891; TP-3: 77891"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}