LUBBOCK – Textile Exchange has tightened up the certification of organic cotton, in partnership with the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), in a bid to clampdown on fraud.
From 1st December, cotton from GOTS-certified facilities will have to provide "traceability of all transaction certificate data back to the original farm source" to meet Textile Exchange's Organic Cotton Standard (OCS).
Additionally, to "decisively prevent fraud and to provide a double safety net", first processors - such as cotton gins - which input into OCS via GOTS will also need to be certified to the OCS and provide evidence of all inputs from farms.
