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EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-023

Electric Ink · 4011 Light Brown

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains a concentration of 710 mg/kg of 3.3'-d-dichlorobenzidine (aromatic amine). According to the Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, aromatic amines such as 3.3'-d-dichlorobenzidine should not be present in tattoo ink.

Published
14 June 2013
Notifying authority
Germany
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
What should you do?

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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/0684/13
Model
Article No 401130
Batch
Batch: 2161
Category
Chemical products
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
Brazil

Opaque brown liquid in small brown bottle with colour printing.