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PLATINUM tattoo ink safety alert: chemical risk

Tattoo ink
Image: Germany via EU Safety Gate

PLATINUM tattoo ink (Dynamic Brown Premium Tattoo Ink), 30 ml plastic bottle, brown, barcode 810132830631, batch LOT-BR-141125-DP is affected. It was recalled because it contains excessive formaldehyde (up to 24.1 mg/kg) — a skin sensitiser that can trigger allergic reactions and may cause cancer — and excessive benzisothiazolinone (up to 15.7 mg/kg) — which causes skin irritation and may cause an allergic skin reaction; it does not comply with REACH or CLP. The product has been withdrawn from the market and marketing is banned (compulsory, retailer).

What's being recalled

Tattoo ink, 30 ml.

Packaging: Plastic bottle.

Country of origin: Spain.

How to identify it

Safety Gate alert SR/02714/26

Product name on the item: Dynamic Brown Premium Tattoo Ink.

Type or model: Brown

Barcode: 810132830631

Batch: LOT-BR-141125-DP

The hazard

The product has an excessive concentration of formaldehyde (measured value up to 24.1 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 15.7 mg/kg). Benzisothiazolinone causes skin irritation and may cause an allergic skin reaction.

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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