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Tattoo Fastness High- grade Color tattoo ink — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJun 5, 2015
Photo from the official notice: Tattoo Fastness High- grade Color tattoo ink — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Tattoo Fastness High- grade Color tattoo ink — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Tattoo Fastness High- grade Color tattoo ink — chemical risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

5 inks in the kit contain substances which can be harmful if present in tattoo inks. Presence of aromatic amines (measured values for 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine up to 6220 mg/kg), barium (measured value up to 4.5 g/kg) and zinc (measured value up to 0.5 g/kg). 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. It also recommends that the content of barium and zinc in tattoo inks do not exceed 50 mg/kg.The product does not comply with the national legislation.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other (19/10/2014)

Product description

Kit of 7 tattoo inks. Plastic bottles, heights 6 cm, 20 ml. The text on the different colour versions are identical. No indication of production and expire date.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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