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World Famous Tattoo Ink Great Wall Yello — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalApr 19, 2019
Photo from the official notice: World Famous Tattoo Ink Great Wall Yello — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: World Famous Tattoo Ink Great Wall Yello — chemical risk

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

Hazard

The product contains the aromatic amine o-toluidine (measured value 70 mg/kg).These 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.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Importer (27/03/2019)

Product description

Transparent plastic bottle with a black cap containing tattoo ink, with labelling also in Spanish, French and German.

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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