Tattoo ink set
Hao Tattoo
- Case number
- A12/1723/14
- Category
- Chemical products
- Type / Model
- Unknown
- Batch
- Unknown
- Audience
- Consumer
- Notifying country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Country of origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Published
- 2014-10-31
⚠️ Risk
null The products contains arsenic, lead, aromatic amine 4-methyl-m-phenylendiamine, cooper and nickel above the permitted levels (measured values: arsenic: up to 8.78 mg/kg; lead: up to 14.2 mg/kg; aromatic amines: up to 3600 mg/kg; copper: up to 163 mg/kg; nickel:36.1 mg/kg).According to the Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008) on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, the levels of lead and arsenic should not exceed 2 mg/kg, whereas the nickel levels in tattoo inks must be as low as technically achievable as nickel has a high allergenic potential. Aromatic Amines as 4-methyl-m-phenylendiamine with carcinogenic effects should neither be present in tattoos and permanent make-up products nor released from azo-colourants.
Measures
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at borderDate of entry into force: 03/07/2014Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): -Date of entry into force: 03/07/2014