EU Safety Gate · Report-2019-007
Eternal Ink · Lightning Yellow
The product contains the aromatic amines o-anisidine (measured value: 58 mg/kg) and toluidine (measured value: 78 mg/kg). Aromatic amines can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction. 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
- 15 February 2019
- Notifying authority
- Italy
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor. Category of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures. Date of entry into force: 21/01/2019
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/0261/19
- Model
- CI 77891, expiry date 12/23/19
- Batch
- Batch No 12/23/16
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- United States
Product description
30-ml bottle of yellow tattoo pigment.