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| Decision field | Open accessZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances ListGlobalRemove | Open accessTech Pack Definition, Contents & LimitsGlobalRemove | Open accessMaterial Sourcing RequestGlobalRemove | Open accessFreeSewingGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | ||||
| Primary job | Check standards | Source production | Choose materials | Find patterns & fit |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Standards | Production | Materials | Patterns & fit |
| Best for | Chemical-input controls during manufacturing | Understanding what a tech pack must control before using a template or releasing work | Requesting comparable fabric, trim, or component offers | Custom-fit home sewing patterns |
| Know before using | The MRSL controls manufacturing inputs within its stated scope. It does not by itself prove a facility's chemical inventory, implementation, worker protection, emissions, wastewater performance, formulation conformance, or finished-product compliance. Verify the current version, law, brand program, safety rules, chemical-product certificates and status, facility records, and finished-product RSL and testing requirements. | An orientation rather than a completed product record; it does not supply a universal format, licensed standard content, measurements, tolerances, construction settings, labels, approvals, compliance conclusion, or product-release authority. | The request does not set product-specific pass values, prove fitness or safety, validate claims, replace laboratory testing, or determine legal compliance. | A generated pattern is not independent fit evidence or a production-ready graded block. The result still depends on accurate measurements, the selected design and options, ease assumptions, fabric behavior, construction, and representative test garments. An account stores saved patterns and measurement sets, so review the platform's privacy terms before retaining personal measurements. |
| Practical access | ||||
| For | Apparel brands | Apparel brands | Apparel brands | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Global | Global | Global |
| Access | Open access | Open access | Open access | Open access |
| Format | Reference | Stitch Authority | Stitch Authority | Software |
| Source type | Industry organization | Stitch Authority | Stitch Authority | Open-source project |
| Source and review | ||||
| What the source establishes | ZDHC's current scope defines the MRSL as restrictions on intentional use of listed substances in commercial chemical formulations for textile, leather, rubber, foam, adhesive, and trim processing. Covered inputs include cleaners, dyes, auxiliaries, coatings, finishing agents, maintenance, wastewater-treatment, sanitation, and pest-control chemicals. ZDHC's help centre identifies version 3.1 as the current official MRSL and distinguishes it from restrictions measured in finished products. | The guide cites published ISO sources for documented-information, garment-measurement, stitch, and seam boundaries plus current U.S. FTC textile and care-labeling guidance; it discloses that ISO 10013:2021's 2026 systematic review is at close-of-review stage and separates every cited authority from product-specific technical and market decisions. | The request uses official textile test-method scopes, labeling guidance, and trade capability questions to keep specifications, methods, samples, substitutions, and supplier evidence comparable. | FreeSewing's official documentation says the browser editor drafts a selected design in real time from a measurement set rather than scaling or grading a standard-size pattern. Users can adjust design options and export the generated result, including as PDF; saving the pattern to an account is optional and is used to revisit it later. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Next review due | Oct 19, 2026 | Jul 27, 2027 | Jul 15, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 |
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