Tattoo ink – Eternal Ink “Brown”

Serious risk Chemical

Product

Tattoo ink

Brand

Eternal Ink (73 alerts)

Name

Brown

Type / model

Colour brown

Batch

Batch number 17589; expiry date 18/07/2020; Color Index 77491

Description

30-ml bottle of brown tattoo ink.

Risk

The product contains arsenic (measured value: 8.1 mg/kg), nickel (measured value: 24 mg/kg) and zinc (measured value: 170 mg/kg). Arsenic is carcinogenic. Nickel can cause skin irritation and induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses.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 arsenic in tattoo inks do not exceed 2 mg/kg, the levels of zinc in tattoo inks do not exceed 50 mg/kg and that the content of nickel in tattoo inks be as low as technically achievable.

Measures

• Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · ordered on the importer · from 31 Dec 2018

Notifying country

Italy

Country of origin

United States

Alert type

Consumer

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