{
  "alert_number": "A12/0575/18",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0575-18",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/309773",
  "safety_gate_published": "2018-04-13",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2018,
    "week": 16,
    "date": "2018-04-20"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Mbs Permanent makeup",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Mbs Permanent Makeup",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/mbspermanentmakeup"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Black",
  "model": "M501",
  "batch": "A01151",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Plastic container height about  8 cm",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains cadmium (0.36 mg/kg), lead (24 mg/kg) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including benzo(a)pyrene (0.08 mg/kg; total of PAHs: 20.62 mg/kg). Cadmium accumulates in the body and can cause damage to bones and kidneys if absorbed from the tattoo. Exposure to lead is harmful for human health and can cause developmental neurotoxicity.The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, recommends that the level of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) does not exceed 0.005 mg/kg and the total amount of PAHs does not exceed 0.5 mg/kg. It also recommends that the levels of lead in tattoo inks do not exceed 2 mg/kg and the levels of cadmium in tattoo inks do not exceed 0.2 mg/kg. The product does not comply with national legislation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "13 Nov 2017"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 13/11/2017",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "A01151"
    ],
    "models": [
      "M501"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}