Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-024
Classical Tattoo · Unknown
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains up to 1331 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
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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 alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/0725/13
- Model
- Red (Peach), 5 ml
- Batch
- Unknown
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Tattoo ink in a opaque transparent plastic bottle with attached lid and spray nozzle with cap.