Verifiedfrom farmto productWhat advantages does OEKO-TEX®
ORGANIC COTTON offer?
✓ Compliance:✓ Quality assurance:

OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON
satisfies several global regulations,
including the EU REACH directive,
US CPSIA (lead) and the EU POP.

All components of a product bearing
the label have been laboratory tested
against a list of over 1,000 harmful
substances and fall within strict limit
values. With our scientific method, aquantitative GMO test can differentiatedeliberate contamination from mixing
with conventional cotton or fibre fly.

✓ Consumer trust:Benefit from a trusted and known
brand with over 30 years market
experience. Using the OEKO-TEX®
Label Check, the certification canbe verified at any time.

✓ Modular System:
The testing costs for the finishedproduct are waived if all the components
have already been successfully tested
according to ORGANIC COTTON. If
OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT certified
chemicals are used, the test effort andtherefore the costs can be reduced.
In addition, ORGANIC COTTON createsa basis for OEKO-TEX® MADE IN GREEN.
By certifying the relevant facilitiesaccording to OEKO-TEX® STeP,
environmental and social criteria arecovered.

✓ Credibility:
The OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON
certification starts at farm level,
where the cotton is certified as organic
according to one of the IFOAM Familyof Standards. The organic cotton isthen tracked throughout the supply
chain until the ready-made textile
article by a chain of custody mechanism.
Thanks to the organizational structureof our association all our testing
institutes share a centralized databasefor transactions. This centralized
approach contributes to increased
trust and prevents fraud.

Organic by nature:certified by experts
OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON is a comprehensive, independentand objective testing and certification system for textile products
made of organic cotton throughout the whole production chain.
The certification offers verification from farm to product.
Products bearing this label have been manufactured without theuse of GMOs and tested for pesticides and other harmful substances.
This greatly supports sustainability, soil health and regenerative
farming as well as biodiversity.

The ORGANIC COTTON certification includes:

Qualitative and quantitative GMO(genetically modified organisms) testing

Product safety ensured through testing forpesticides and harmful substances

Reassurance through a verified chain ofcustody from farm to product

ORGANIC COTTONRequirements•

Farms are certified according to one of the IFOAM
Family of Standards•

The full chain of custody must be traceable with OEKO-TEX®
transaction certificates•

Successful quality audit in your company by an OEKO-TEX®
institute every year•

Mixtures of organic and conventional cotton are not accepted

All components of the article to be certified must comply withthe conditions, test criteria and limit values of the standard.
Two types of certification are available depending on thepercentage of organic cotton:

100 % Organic cotton

Minimum 70 % Organic cotton

Mixtures of organic and conventional cotton are forbidden.

For effective protection:
4 product classes
The OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON laboratory tests for harmful
substances are based on the intended use of the textiles andmaterials. Stricter human ecology requirements must be met, themore intensive the skin contact and the more sensitive the skin is.

Product Class 1

Product Class 3

This includes products for babies andchildren up to 3 years such as diapers
and has the strictest requirements andlimit values.

This includes products without direct
skin contact such as jackets.

Product Class 2

Product Class 4This includes products with direct skincontact such as bed linen.

This includes home textiles andother decoration materials such astablecloths.

Get certified
1. Application
Complete the application
form and submit a material
sample5. Results
Evaluation of results andtransaction certificate

2. Verification
The application and thematerial sample get verified

6. On-site visit
Inspection and assessmentof your facility

3. Chain of custody verification
Transaction certificate andsupply chain analysis

7. Certificate
Issue of certificate forone year

4. Definition & analytics
Definition of test and measurement criteria, developmentof an individual measurement
plan, testing of the material
sampleOfficial OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON labels can
include the following elements:

Product brandlogo

QR Code (optional)

XX.XXX.XXXXInstitute

Product ID (individual)
and responsible instituteWeb address“QR Code” is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.

Questions?
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