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GLOBAL ORGANIC TEXTILE STANDARD
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Global Standard Glossary

There are 4 entries in this glossary.
Term Definition
Natural materials

A natural material is any product or physical matter that comes from plants, animals, or the ground. Minerals and the metals that can be extracted from them are also considered to belong to this category. Natural materials include biotic materials (materials that originate from living organisms such as (organic) natural fibre, wood, leather, horn, bone, shell, seed and plant oils etc.) and non-biotic materials (such as minerals, metals, stone).
Natural substance

A substance that occurs in nature or under naturally occuring conditions. Its opposite would be an artificial substance, which requires laboratory or industrial manufacturing conditions to produce.
Net Shipping Weight

The total weight of the product excluding packaging, in kilograms (kg). This includes the weight of any non-certified portion of a product including accessories.
Normal conditions

Normal conditions (also referred to as Standard Atmosphere) are 65% relative humidity, ± 4 %, and 20 °C, ± 2 °C, as specified in ISO 139 Textiles - standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing. Normal conditions are specifically referred to during laboratory testing and measurements.