Ten Steps to prevent contamination :-

• Heap of cotton is made on RCC platform.
• Engage extra labours to remove contaminants from seed cotton.
• Provide all workers with cotton clothing to wear & cap to cover head (Reduces hair contamination problem)
• Handle all material such as seed cotton, seed, and lint with care to avoid mixing of foreign matter.
• Maintain proper setting of machine to avoid seed cut, fiber breakage.
• The bolts, metal wires & other metals are removed by Metal detector.
• Use of PET plastic straps for fastening cotton bales to prevent from metal rusting
• Cotton cloths of BIS standard are used to cover fully pressed cotton bales to prevent against contamination.
• Adhesive label are used for labelling.
• To store cotton bales in covered godown to avoid their exposures to wind rain dust etc.