Eternal Ink · Tattoo ink - Eternal Ink tattoo colours

The product poses a microbiological risk because it contains the bacteria pseudomonas with can cause infections. Sixteen different Eternal Ink colours contain the bacteria pseudomonas and 25 Eternal Ink colours are not sterile.

Published: 14 August 2009
Notifying authority: The Netherlands
Catalog checked: 30 July 2026

What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: 1071/09
Model: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2009-w31/1071_09.pdf"> See the attached list</a> <img src="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" border="0" width="40" height="13"/>

Classification

Category: Chemical products
Risk type: Microbiological
Country of origin: United States

Product description

Plastic bottles with different colours of tattoo ink. On the label is printed the colour name, Exp. Date, Lot number and Colour Index number.