Activities
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The Soil Association carries out work certifying products as organic in the following areas:
- Organic farming
- Organic food processing
- Organic restaurants and catering
- Organic fisheries
- Organic textiles and leather
- Organic health and beauty
The Soil Association played a leading role in the development of the Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS) and is a quarter owner of Global Standard GmbH. The GOTS standard was designed to make trading more efficient for operators and provide clarity for consumers on organic textiles.
The Soil Association Certification has been certifying organic textile businesses to the GOTS standard since 2006 . There are several other certification bodies now working to GOTS globally, with around 3000 businesses in 55 countries certified to GOTS.
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