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EU Safety Gate · Report-2020-4

Icolor · Product for permanent makeup

The product contains the aromatic amines o-anisidine, o-toluidine and 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine (measured values: 2.0 mg/kg, 1.4 mg/kg and 0.89 mg/kg, respectively. O-anisidine may cause cancer and might induce mutations.O-toluidine is genotoxic and may cause cancer.4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine is a skin sensitiser, may cause cancer and might induce mutations and/or affect fertility. 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
Sweden
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Importer. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 04/11/2019

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/00114/20
Model
Natural Brown
Batch
LOT 643755
Category
Chemical products
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
Latvia

10 ml of brown ink for eyebrow permanent make-up.