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EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-024

Dragonhawk Tattoo · Unknown

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains up to 1577 mg/kg of 4-methyl-m-phenylendiamine. According to the Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008) on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, the aromatic amines as 4-methyl-m-phenylendiamine with carcinogenic effects, should neither be present in tattoos and PMU products nor released from azo-colorants.

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

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Import rejected at border. Date of entry into force: 03/05/2013

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/0724/13
Model
1. True Magenta2. Dark Red
Batch
Unknown
Category
Chemical products
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
People's Republic of China

Tattoo ink in a 1/4 oz. plastic bottle with dropper and protective caps.