{
  "alert_number": "A12/0650/17",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0650-17",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/261450",
  "safety_gate_published": "2017-05-12",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2017,
    "week": 20,
    "date": "2017-05-19"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo or permanent make-up ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Derma International",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Derma International",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/dermainternational"
    }
  ],
  "name": "#BB Best Black",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "Batch: XI 2011; Exp. 12/18",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Ink for tattoos or permanent make-up.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "null The ink contains arsenic (measured value: 3.2 mg/kg), lead (measured value: 3.1 mg/kg), cobalt (measured value: 40.6 mg/kg) and nickel (measured value: 53 mg/kg). Arsenic is carcinogenic, exposure to lead is harmful for human health and can cause developmental neurotoxicity and 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, that the level of cobalt in tattoo inks does not exceed 25 mg/kg and that the content of nickel in tattoo inks be as low as technically achievable.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "19 Apr 2017"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures\nDate of entry into force: 19/04/2017",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "The Netherlands",
  "country_of_origin": "United States",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "Batch: XI 2011; Exp. 12/18"
    ],
    "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."
}