Tattoo ink – Dynamic “BLK”

Serious risk Chemical

Product

Tattoo ink

Brand

Dynamic (25 alerts)

Name

BLK

Type / model

Black

Batch

Lot:12026230

Description

29,6 ml of black tattoo ink in a transparent plastic bottle fitted with a dispensing nozzle and a screw-top. The product was also sold online.

Risk

The product contains an excessive amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH among which benzo[a]pyrene (measured values: 1,62 mg/kg and 0,12 mg/kg, respectively). PAHs and benzo[a]pyrene may cause cancer and are also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction. The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up recommends that in tattoo inks the levels of impurities of PAHs does not exceed 0,5 mg/kg and 5 µg/kg of benzo[a]pyrene.

Measures

• Withdrawal of the product from the market · ordered on the importer · from 19 Nov 2019
• Withdrawal of the product from the market · ordered on the distributor · from 19 Nov 2019
• Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the importer · from 29 Oct 2019
• Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the distributor · from 7 Nov 2019

Notifying country

Finland

Country of origin

United States

Alert type

Consumer

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