Prohibited and Restricted Chemicals
Global Organic Textile Standard·clause 7.2.3·p.52
The requirement
Global Organic Textile Standard clause 7.2.3 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
Klar Cite classification — not the standard’s words
Addresses: restricted materials in textile production
written by a model, checked against the clause
What the product must meet
The document’s own listing
1. Aromatic and/or Halogenated Solvents: ❌ PROHIBITED 2. Flame Retardants: ❌ PROHIBITED a. Chlorinated flame retardants: ❌ PROHIBITED b. Brominated flame retardants: ❌ PROHIBITED c. Phosphate based flame retardants, listed in the Implementation Manual: ❌ PROHIBITED d. Flame retardants containing antimony or antimony trioxide: ❌ PROHIBITED e. Flame retardants based on borate chemistry: ❌ PROHIBITED
The document’s own compact listing of the limits, as harvested.
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Human Health — the CMF area the clause addresses
- Also bears on
- Ecosystem Health — other CMF areas the clause addresses
Cite this clause
Global Organic Textile Standard · Global Organic Textile Standard · version v8.1 · clause 7.2.3 · page 52 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/fa4a4ab5ca1723f3
Record details
Page 52, Chemical Input Requirements. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
uid fa4a4ab5ca1723f3 · document d1ef42ace947ed45 · fidelity verbatim · published 2026-06
Other clauses in this standard
| Clause | Name |
|---|---|
| clause not recorded | Requirements from part A apply |
| clause not recorded | Latex foam certification for mattresses |
| 1. Natural backing materials: | Natural backing material certification requirement |
| clause not recorded | Prohibition of polyurethane foams |
| 2.1.1 | Organic fibres approved for content claims must be certified 'organic' or 'organic in-conv |
| 2.1.2 | Organic fibre production must be certified by an accredited Certification Body |