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Tattoo ink Eternal Ink “True Gold” — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0668/15
Summary
null The product contains aromatic amines (measured values for o-anisidine and o-toluidine 14 mg/kg and 86 mg/kg respectively).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…
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Product
Tattoo ink — Eternal Ink
- Brand
- Eternal Ink
- Name / model
- True Gold · True gold
- Batch number(s)
- Lot 04/24/14;PD 05/24/14;Exp. 4/25/16
- Category
- Chemical products
- Yellow plastic bottle, height 10 cm, containing 30 ml.
What is the risk?
- null The product contains aromatic amines (measured values for o-anisidine and o-toluidine 14 mg/kg and 86 mg/kg respectively).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 taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 28/01/2015
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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