{
  "alert_number": "A12/0123/19",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0123-19",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/350093",
  "safety_gate_published": "2019-01-18",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2019,
    "week": 4,
    "date": "2019-01-25"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Eternal Ink",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Eternal Ink",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/eternalink"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Brown",
  "model": "Colour brown",
  "batch": "Batch number 17589; expiry date 18/07/2020; Color Index 77491",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "30-ml bottle of brown tattoo ink.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "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.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "31 Dec 2018"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures\nDate of entry into force: 31/12/2018",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Italy",
  "country_of_origin": "United States",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "Batch number 17589; expiry date 18/07/2020; Color Index 77491"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Colour brown"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}