News Summary

• Fashion, textiles and footwear can be traced back to their raw material origins.
• Sourcing Journal spoke to Ana Hinojosa, executive director of government and regulatory affairs at Oritain, a leader in forensic origin verification.
• Fraudulent claims, whether intentional or accidental via inaccurate documentation are viewed by regulating bodies as equally dangerous.
• There’s been a push globally to increase monitoring and pressure on importers of foreign goods to comply with human rights protections, even for overseas manufacturing operations.