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Cotton SA was created after the Cotton Board was dissolved at the end of 1997 under the Marketing of Agricultural products Act, 1996. Cotton SA represents all role-players in the cotton industry.

Has become the first laboratory to be certified under the ICA Bremen ‘International Laboratory Certification Scheme’. Designed to raise the bar in the quality testing arena, the aim of the scheme is to establish an approved list of laboratories worldwide that meet a standard level of quality assurance. With our long standing history of classing and HVI fibre testing experience, we will endeavour to uphold the proud standard level of quality assurance within the international cotton environment as well as the aims and contract sanctity values of ICA Bremen.” Eleven laboratories are currently in the process of assessment. Once certified, they will become a ‘laboratory of choice’ to resolve quality disputes in line with the ICA Bylaws & Rules, as well as providing a service to the cotton industry.

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Cotton SA Functions

Providing information
Stimulating the production and use of cotton
Enhancing the marketability of cotton through research, quality standards and norms and training in this regard
Acting as an industry forum
Acting as an advisory body to various government departments
Applying for the appropriate statutory measures in terms of the Act and administering those measures
Developing smallholder cotton farmers

Quality Control
Grading and classifying cotton – specifically seed cotton and lint
Compiling lint and seed cotton grade standards, revised bi-annually for lint and annually for seed cotton
Participating in international check test programmes to maintain continuity and accuracy in the testing results. These programmes are compiled and controlled by the Cotton Division of the USDA and the Bremen Cotton Exchange
Liaising with role-players and making available cotton lint grading and classification results
Publishing information on all types of cotton cultivated in South Africa, with a special focus on quality
Co-ordination of efforts to prevent contamination
Arbitration in the seed cotton sector

Laboratory

Colour fastness to light
Colour fastness to washing in domestic washing
Colour fastness to perspiration
Mass per square unit area (cotton content)
Dimensional stability on washing and drying procedures
Fibre composition

Training

Introduction to grading standards
Factors determining grade
The grading and classification system as applied by Cotton SA
Explanation of important measurable fibre properties
Introduction to the grading and classification of raw cotton (seed cotton)
Introduction to High Volume Instrument testing
Minimum specifications applicable to grade and quality in the present grading systems