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Tattoo ink – Eternal Ink “Lightning Yellow”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 6 Feb 2019In the weekly report of 15 Feb 2019 (week 7, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tattoo ink
Brand
Eternal Ink (73 alerts)
Name
Lightning Yellow
Type / model
CI 77891, expiry date 12/23/19
Batch numbers
Batch No 12/23/16 (official alert record)
Batch as notified
Batch No 12/23/16
Description
30-ml bottle of yellow tattoo pigment.
Risk
The product contains the aromatic amines o-anisidine (measured value: 58 mg/kg) and toluidine (measured value: 78 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 21 Jan 2019
Notifying country
Italy
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0261/19Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0261/19Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0261/19
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0261/19
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2019-007 (XML)
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