EU Safety Gate · Report-2019-049
Intenze · The Alex De Pase Series
The product contains the aromatic amines 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine, o-anisidine (measured values: 13 mg/kg and 7 mg/kg, respectively) and an excessive amount of barium (measured value: 52 mg/kg). 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine is a skin sensitiser and, as o-anisidine, may cause cancer. Barium can be easily absorbed and have toxic effects on the body impairing muscle, kidney and heart activity, leading to arrythmia, paralysis or gastrointestinal alterations. 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 and that barium does not exceed 50 mg/kg.
- Published
- 06 December 2019
- Notifying authority
- Finland
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 19/11/2019 · Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 15/10/2019 · Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor. Category of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks. Date of entry into force: 15/10/2019
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/1847/19
- Model
- Magenta
- Batch
- Lot SS265
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- United States
Product description
29,6 ml of magenta tattoo ink in a transparent plastic bottle fitted with a dispensing nozzle and a screw-top. The product was also sold online.