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Quality & compliance

This page lists what we can document, who holds each certificate, and what we deliberately do not claim. If something is missing, it says so.

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documents · holder stated

Test reports we hold

2 documents

SGS — antibacterial activity after washing

SL62506271200901TX

Graphene washable sanitary pad, 7 samples. After 50 washes: 99% against Staphylococcus aureus, 92% against E. coli, 99% against Candida albicans. Also tested to GB 18401 class A.

Provided to buyers as a technical document. Not used as a marketing claim on this site.

NTEK — total fluorine in finished pad

DGC260123025WE

Cloth menstrual pad models A02–A05, three components tested including the printed fabric and the snap. Total fluorine not detected, below 20 mg/kg.

Total fluorine is a screening indicator for PFAS. It is not a full PFAS test.

The silicone line — documents held elsewhere

Cups and discs are moulded by an independent silicone plant, and the tests on that line were run for the moulding plant or for our silicone material supplier. None of them are issued in our name. We hold copies and send them with every quote, but we will not describe them as our own certificates.

CE — EN 71-1 / -2 / -3

TST20240301231-6EC

Menstrual disc D338 plus 15 cup models. Issued 2024 to the moulding plant under EU Toys Directive 2009/48/EC, tested to EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018, EN 71-2:2020 and EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021.

REACH — 209 SVHC screened

HLF21001504E

A cup sample screened for the 209 substances on the REACH candidate list, run for our silicone material supplier in January 2021.

US FDA 21 CFR 177.2600 — extractables

HLF18001043E

Rubber articles intended for repeated use. Cup silicone, extractables within limit, run for the same supplier in January 2018.

Certificates held by our fabric supplier

Our fabrics are supplied by Natures Purest Textile (Beijing) Co., Ltd. The certificates are held by that mill, not by us, and they cover fabric — not the finished pad. We say it this way because you will check, and we would rather you find the certificate under the right name.

OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100

BEKO 087239

Product Class I, infant articles. Knitted cotton, raw (undyed) or blended with natural colour cotton. Valid until 31 Jan 2027.

GOTS 7.0 scope certificate

EGL/253515/GOTS/253515260105082808

Covers fabric and garment processing. Valid until 4 Jan 2027.

What these certificates do not cover

  • They cover knitted, raw fabric — not dyed fabric, and not the sewn finished pad.
  • Whether a finished pad may carry the OEKO-TEX label requires written authorisation. We do not assume it.
  • GOTS scope covers fabric and garment processing; sanitary pads are not in its product category list.

What we do not claim

  • We do not say “CE certified”. Cloth pads are not covered by a CE directive, and a CE mark on a sanitary pad would be the wrong framework.

  • We do not put “antibacterial” or “AAA grade” on product pages. The SGS data is available to buyers; a public claim is a different legal animal.

  • We do not say “our product is OEKO-TEX certified”. The certificate belongs to the mill and covers fabric.

Market requirements — EU and UK

Cloth pads are a general consumer product. What the EU actually requires is not CE, and the UK is a different list altogether:

GPSR (EU) 2023/988
General Product Safety Regulation, applicable since 13 Dec 2024. Requires technical file, risk assessment, an EU-based responsible person and traceability.
Textile labelling (EU) 1007/2011
Fibre composition must be stated using the regulated fibre names.
REACH Annex XVII
Azo dyes, nickel release and restricted substances. SVHC above 0.1% must be notified.
PFAS
Increasingly restricted. We answer with a total-fluorine test on the finished pad.
UK — GPSR 2005
Post-Brexit, EU 2023/988 does not apply in Great Britain. The UK General Product Safety Regulations 2005 do, and large UK buyers usually add their own supplier-audit and traceability requirements on top of that.

Ask us where we stand on each of these for your market before you place a first order — we would rather answer the question than have you discover a gap later.