Tattoo Ink
Unknown
- Case number
- A12/0670/15
- Category
- Chemical products
- Type / Model
- Tattoo inks in Brown, Green, Red, White, Yellow colours
- Batch
- Unknown
- Audience
- Consumer
- Notifying country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Country of origin
- Unknown
- Published
- 2015-06-05
⚠️ Risk
null 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
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 19/10/2014