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Tattoo ink – Intenze “Dark Chocolate”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 22 Sep 2015In the weekly report of 2 Oct 2015 (week 39, 2015)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tattoo ink
Brand
Intenze (79 alerts)
Name
Dark Chocolate
Type / model
Unknown
Batch
Lot SS 202 ex. 02/29/2020 and lot SS 200 ex. 01/31/2020
Description
30 ml bottle
Risk
null The ink contains antimony (measured value up to 3.2 mg/kg), arsenic (measured value up to 14.9 mg/kg), nickel (measured value up to 106 mg/kg) and lead (measured value up to 5.76 mg/kg). Antimony can irritate the skin and long-time exposure can affect the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. 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 antimony, arsenic and lead in tattoo inks do not exceed 2 mg/kg and that the content of nickel in tattoo inks is as low as technically achievable.The product does not comply with national legislation.
Measures
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · from 13 Aug 2015
Notifying country
Italy
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1193/15
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1193/15
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2015-039 (XML)
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