EU Safety Gate · Report-2020-4
Eternal Ink · Mudslide
The product contains the aromatic amine o-toluidine (measured value: 42 mg/kg) and an excessive amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (measured total value: 0.6 mg/kg). O-toluidine can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction.PAHs may cause cancer. 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 and that the levels of impurities of PAHs in tattoo inks do not exceed 0,5 ppm.
- Published
- 24 January 2020
- Notifying authority
- Sweden
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 23/10/2019
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/00110/20
- Model
- Mudslide
- Batch
- LOT M-157 Use by 11.2020
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- United States
Product description
30 ml of brown tattoo ink. The product was also sold online.