Buyers often receive a cropped logo. The document that matters is the current STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX certificate for the article in this order. Read it before you write “OEKO-TEX certified” on a hangtag.
Checks
- Holder. The company named on the certificate should be traceable to the company on the contract.
- Site. The address should be the site that makes or finishes this cloth, not a sister plant left off the scope.
- Standard. Confirm it says STANDARD 100, not a different OEKO-TEX label.
- Product class. The class has to fit the end use. Bedding and a curtain are not automatically the same class.
- Article. The tested article has to describe this construction. A greige certificate does not silently cover a coated blackout.
- Dates. Issue and expiry should cover the production date of the lot.
- Institute. The test institute named on the certificate is the one you can verify on the OEKO-TEX label check.
- Lot. Ask whether this shipment’s quality documents point back to that certificate.
A pass on harmful substances is not a colorfastness report, a GSM report, or a recycled-content claim.
What we can send
We hold GRS and OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 for the programs those certificates name. Ask sales for the current PDF and match it to the style on the quote. Certifications is the company page. The glossary entry for OEKO-TEX is the short definition.
If the order is also recycled polyester, read the GRS and RCS note next. The two systems answer different questions.