Tattoo safety requirement in Europe

There are some tattoos toys in the Europe market and they are regulated by the Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008); this requirement is refering to EN71 Part 7 Finger paint requirement.

The art materials should also be complied with Toxic risk assessment. 

There is recall case in Europe as below:

Slovakia

Category: Chemical products Product: Tattoo ink Brand: Fantasia Name: Flesh Tone Type/number of model: 3026 Batch: 1758 Model: 30 ml Description: Tea rose tattoo ink in a 30 ml plastic bottle. Country of origin: United States

Chemical The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 196 ppm of barium, 61 ppm of chromium and 1170 ppm of zirconium. According to the Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008) on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, the level of barium may not exceed 50 ppm and the level of chromium may not exceed 0.2 ppm. The product does not comply with the national legislation.

Voluntary measures: Recall of the product from end users

http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/dyna/rapex/create_rapex.cfm?rx_id=515