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Tattoo ink – Eternal Ink “CARAMEL”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 24 Jan 2019In the weekly report of 1 Feb 2019 (week 5, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tattoo ink
Brand
Eternal Ink (73 alerts)
Name
CARAMEL
Batch
batch R-136, expiry date 06/2020
Description
30 ml bottle with brown tattoo ink.
Risk
The product contains the aromatic amines o-anisidine (measured value 74 mg/kg) and o-toluidine (measured value 67 mg/kg). Aromatic amines can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction. 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
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · ordered on the distributor · from 8 Jan 2019
Notifying country
Italy
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0174/19Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0174/19
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0174/19
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2019-005 (XML)
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