World Famous Tattoo Ink · Green day

The product contains the aromatic amine o-toluidine (measured value 12 mg/kg) and o-anisidine (measured value: 25 mg/kg). These 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: 31 May 2019
Notifying authority: Italy
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: Importer. Category of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures. Date of entry into force: 06/05/2019

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: A12/0807/19
Model: Ref WFGD1, Batch B32587
Batch: lot WFGD171601

Classification

Category: Chemical products
Risk type: Chemical
Country of origin: United States

Product description

Green pigment, the packaging is marked COLOR INDEX, CI (Organic-Azoic) 12477.