GLOBAL - The Textile Exchange industry body's recent report on organic cotton contains "numerous anomalies that should raise suspicions", according to a senior figure in the industry.
Terry Townsend, a former executive director of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), suggests widespread fraud in the sector, questioning figures given for the amount of organic cotton produced.
For its part, Textile Exchange says that it has already highlighted its own concerns about both the data available on organic cotton production and the potential for fraud which it says it is addressing.
