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Tattoo ink – Eternal Ink “Lightning Yellow”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 8 Oct 2015In the weekly report of 16 Oct 2015 (week 41, 2015)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tattoo ink
Brand
Eternal Ink (73 alerts)
Name
Lightning Yellow
Type / model
Unknown
Batch
Batch number 01/07/14, CI 77891 and CI 11741
Description
30 ml bottle of yellow pigment
Risk
null The product contains the aromatic amines o-anisidine and o-toluidine (measured value 19 mg/kg and 68 mg/kg). Aromatic Amines can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction.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.The product does not comply with the national legislation.
Measures
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · from 23 Sep 2015
Notifying country
Italy
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1262/15Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1262/15
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1262/15
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2015-041 (XML)
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