{
  "alert_number": "A12/1838/19",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-1838-19",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/394575",
  "safety_gate_published": "2019-11-27",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2019,
    "week": 49,
    "date": "2019-12-06"
  },
  "category": "Chemical products",
  "product": "Tattoo ink",
  "brand_as_notified": "Dynamic",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Dynamic",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/dynamic"
    }
  ],
  "name": "BLK",
  "model": "Black",
  "batch": "Lot:12026230",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "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.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "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.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "19 Nov 2019"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "19 Nov 2019"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "29 Oct 2019"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "7 Nov 2019"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 19/11/2019\nType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 19/11/2019\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 29/10/2019\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 07/11/2019",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Finland",
  "country_of_origin": "United States",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "Lot:12026230"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Black"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}