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EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-036

Eternal Ink · Lightning yellow

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 34.1 mg/kg of o-toluidine and 6 860 mg/kg of barium. According to the Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up' o-toluidine should not be present in tattoo inks and the content of barium should be limited to 50 mg/kg.

Published
13 September 2013
Notifying authority
Austria
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

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: 01/08/2013

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/1236/13
Model
Unknown
Batch
LOT 240
Category
Chemical products
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
United States

Transparent bottle containing yellow tattoo ink .