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Tattoo ink – Eternal Ink “BUMBLE BEE”

Serious risk Chemical counterfeit product

Published by Safety Gate 13 Apr 2018In the weekly report of 20 Apr 2018 (week 16, 2018)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate

The official record marks this product as counterfeit: it carries the Eternal Ink name but is not a genuine product of that brand.

Product
Tattoo ink
Brand
Eternal Ink (73 alerts)
Name
BUMBLE BEE
Batch
Batch: 17.12.14
Description
30 ml bottle of yellow pigment
Risk
The product contains the aromatic amine toluidine (measured values: 29 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.The product does not comply with the national legislation.
Measures
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · ordered on the importer · from 9 Feb 2018
Notifying country
Italy
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0565/18
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0565/18
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2018-016 (XML)
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