Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2011-046
Zuper Black · Tattoo ink "Zuper Black tattoo ink"
The product poses a serious risk because the total content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is 56.6 mg/kg and the benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) content is 0.2 mg/kg. The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) considers that tattoo colours exceeding 0.5 mg/kg total PAH resp. 0.005 mg/kg BaP pose a serious risk, in reference to Council of Europe Resolution "ResAP(2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up".
- Published
- 18 November 2011
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1276/11
- Model
- Batch No BK31IMX40.
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- United States
Product description
Black tattoo ink. The following inscriptions are reported on the packaging: best-before date 30 May 2014 - Greybusters Berlin.