Cotton DNA Traceability Technologies

摘要

'Cotton traceability' is becoming an important issue as retailers make certain product claims. Every cotton fabric and piece of apparel that we use today is constructed from millions of small fibers. The fabric may be labeled as 100% cotton, or 100% Egyptian cotton, or a cotton-blend, or a manufacturer might claim to have woven fabric from yarn of a specified count, or to have produced a product through a specific process, or in a particular country, or from a certain species or a specific cotton variety. Currently, it is very difficult to objectively verify such claims.