29.03.2024
11:28
TR

GMO Free Turkish Cotton

Since there is still an uncertainty regarding the products with GMO in the world, a remarkable number of consumers have doubts about it. While approximately half of the total cotton productions is with GMO, the cotton in Turkey is produced GMO-free, which causes higher production costs. In order for creating market competitiveness for Turkish farmers, İzmir Commodity Exchange and National Cotton Council of Turkey has initiated a project on labelling Turkish cotton and textile products which are produced without genetically modified organisms as ‘GMO-Free”. 

Once we have obtained the “warranty mark” registration from the Turkish Patent and Trademark Authority, Union of Textile and Textile Raw Materials Exporters of İstanbul has been a partner in our project as well.

We believe that our trademark will contribute to the efforts made for the branding of gmo free cotton and textile and ready-made clothing products made of such cotton in the international market.

A standard belonging to our trademark has been created in order to monitor and document the purchase, processing and use of gmo free cotton principal and side products in all production processes.

Our trademark logos are eligible for use in two ways: as a label on the cotton bales and as a label on finished products made of gmo free labelled cotton.

All companies included ın the ginnıng, textile and ready-made clothing business that want to use these labels will be assessed by certification bodies bearing certification criteria in the national and international area and authorised by the standard-owning organisations just as in the organic certification.

Please visit https://www.gmofreeturkishcotton.org/eng/ for further information.

 

Please visit https://www.turib.com.tr/, for further information.

 

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