{
  "alert_number": "A12/1120/18",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-1120-18",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/326044",
  "safety_gate_published": "2018-07-27",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2018,
    "week": 31,
    "date": "2018-08-03"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Intenze",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Intenze",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/intenze"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Bright Red",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "SS258, art. st1007BR; exp. date 31.07.2022",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Bright red tattoo ink in a plastic bottle with screw top.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The ink contains cadmium (measured value: 0.62 mg/kg), mercury (measured value: 0.32 mg/kg) and barium (measured value: 62 mg/kg). Exposure to lead is harmful for human health and can cause developmental neurotoxicity.  Salts of barium can be absorbed from the tattoo ink and have toxic effects.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 cadmium and mercury in tattoo inks do not exceed 0.2 mg/kg and that the level of barium does not exceed 50 mg/kg.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "29 Jun 2018"
    }
  ],
  "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: 29/06/2018",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Croatia",
  "country_of_origin": "United States",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "SS258, art. st1007BR; exp. date 31.07.2022"
    ],
    "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."
}