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Tattoo Ink “Tattoo Fastness High- grade Color”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 20 May 2015In the weekly report of 5 Jun 2015 (week 22, 2015)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tattoo Ink
Brand
Unknown
Name
Tattoo Fastness High- grade Color
Type / model
Tattoo inks in Brown, Green, Red, White, Yellow colours
Batch
Unknown
Description
Kit of 7 tattoo inks. Plastic bottles, heights 6 cm, 20 ml. The text on the different colour versions are identical. No indication of production and expire date.
Risk
null 5 inks in the kit contain substances which can be harmful if present in tattoo inks. Presence of aromatic amines (measured values for 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine up to 6220 mg/kg), barium (measured value up to 4.5 g/kg) and zinc (measured value up to 0.5 g/kg). 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. It also recommends that the content of barium and zinc in tattoo inks do not exceed 50 mg/kg.The product does not comply with the national legislation.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · from 19 Oct 2014
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0670/15Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0670/15Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0670/15
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0670/15
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2015-022 (XML)
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