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EU Safety Gate · Report-2020-4

INTENZE · LIGHT GREEN

The product contains the aromatic amines 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine 3,3'-dichlorobiphenyl-4,4'-ylenediamine and o-toluidine (measured values: 35 mg/kg and 34 mg/kg, respectively). These aromatic amines may cause cancer and dichlorbenzidine is also a skin sensitiser and could trigger allergic reactions. 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.

Published
24 January 2020
Notifying authority
Italy
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer. Category of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures. Date of entry into force: 26/11/2019

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/00095/20
Model
Article: ST1015LG, Ref: 1036C01518D02101007
Batch
Batch: HCY010W140G96IMX40Exp: 4/30/2023Lot: SS270
Category
Chemical products
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
United States

29,6 ml of green tattoo ink in a transparent plastic bottle fitted with a dispensing nozzle and a screw-top.