{
  "alert_number": "A12/0626/19",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0626-19",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/361809",
  "safety_gate_published": "2019-04-10",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2019,
    "week": 16,
    "date": "2019-04-19"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Black Mamba",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Black Mamba",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/blackmamba"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Black ink",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "Batch 2D170018; Expiry Date 04/2020",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Transparent plastic bottle with a black dispensing cap containing 150 ml of black tattoo ink.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains an excessive amount of  polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)s, including benzo(a)pyrene (measured values: 0.64 mg/kg and 0.045 mg/kg, respectively). Some PAHs are carcinogenic, including benzo(a)pyrene.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.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "14 Feb 2019"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures\nDate of entry into force: 14/02/2019",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Italy",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "Batch 2D170018; Expiry Date 04/2020"
    ],
    "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."
}