Germany
Tattoo ink sold under the PLATINUM brand, 30 ml in a plastic bottle labeled “Dynamic Highlighter Yellow Premium Tattoo Ink” (Highlighter Yellow), barcode 810132830754, batch LOT-HY-221025-DP, made in Spain, is affected. It was withdrawn and banned from marketing because tests found excessive formaldehyde (up to 20.4 mg/kg), benzisothiazolinone (up to 10 mg/kg) and lead (up to 5.14 mg/kg); these substances can cause skin sensitisation, irritation and allergic reactions and may present serious health risks including cancer and developmental neurotoxicity, and the product does not comply with REACH or CLP.
What's being recalled
Tattoo ink, 30 ml.
Packaging: Plastic bottle.
Country of origin: Spain.
How to identify it
Safety Gate alert SR/02713/26
Product name on the item: Dynamic Highlighter Yellow Premium Tattoo Ink.
Type or model: Highlighter Yellow
Barcode: 810132830754
Batch: LOT-HY-221025-DP
The hazard
The product has an excessive concentration of formaldehyde (measured value up to 20.4 mg/kg). Formaldehyde is a skin sensitiser and can trigger allergic reactions and may cause cancer. Additionally, the product has an excessive concentration of benzisothiazolinone (measured value up to 10 mg/kg). Benzisothiazolinone causes skin irritation and may cause an allergic skin reaction. Moreover, the product has an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 5.14 mg/kg by weight). Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body, can cause developmental neurotoxicity and may affect breast-fed or unborn children.
The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP).
What to do
Product withdrawal from market (compulsory, retailer).
Ban marketing of product (compulsory, retailer).
The official notice
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