Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2014-043
Professional Body Supply · Unknown
The sterilisation of the product is deficient, consequently when the needle is injected into the skin, there is a risk that micro-organisms, including pathogens, enter the body and produce an infection. The products do not comply with the relevant national legislation.
- Published
- 31 October 2014
- Notifying authority
- Italy
- 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: 08/10/2014
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/1727/14
- Model
- Lot.: 0614, Ref.: 1007RL, 2017/06
- Batch
- Lot.: 0614
Classification
- Category
- Other - -
- Risk type
- Microbiological
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Tattoo needle with grip declared as sterile and for single use in medical packaging backed with plasticised card; the lot number, sterilisation process (EO gas), expiry date and brand are given on the packaging.