Organic Content Standard (OCS)

The Organic Content Standard (OCS) relies on third-party verification to verify a final product contains the accurate amount of a given organically grown material. It does not address the use of chemicals or any social or environmental aspects of production beyond the integrity of the organic material. The OCS uses the chain of custody requirements of the Content Claim Standard (CCS). Read more at http://textileexchange.org/. OCS’s total Chemistry score in the MSI is -3 points before normalization. OCS reduces the impact of chemical use in fiber production through the following ways: Chemical Use Efficiency (-3 points)