{
  "alert_number": "A12/0438/18",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0438-18",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/306338",
  "safety_gate_published": "2018-03-22",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2018,
    "week": 13,
    "date": "2018-03-30"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Intenze",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Intenze",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/intenze"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Dark Brown",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "Batch: RX49IMX40LOT SS251MHD: 02.2022",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Tattoo ink in a transparent plastic bottle with screw-top fitted with dispensing nozzle.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains nickel (measured value: 130 mg/kg), arsenic (6.9 mg/kg) and lead (20.5 mg/kg). Arsenic is carcinogenic, exposure to lead is harmful for human health and can cause developmental neurotoxicity. 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 and lead in tattoo inks do not exceed 2 mg/kg and that the content of nickel in tattoo inks be as low as technically achievable.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "16 Feb 2018"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 16/02/2018",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "United States",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "Batch: RX49IMX40",
      "LOT SS251",
      "MHD: 02.2022"
    ],
    "models": []
  },
  "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."
}