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Specific organizations have developed testing procedures, such as the [[American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists]] (AATCC) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). These testing procedures allow for accurate assessment of textile product properties, such as the relative strength or tenacity of the fibers, etc.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Elsasser |first=Virginia Hencken |url=http://archive.org/details/textiles00virg |title=Textiles : concepts and principles |date=2005 |publisher=New York, NY : Fairchild Publications |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-56367-300-9 |pages=20, 25}}</ref>

TheSince 1921, the AATCC has servedbeen serving the textile industry for over a century. During [[World War I]], when the Atlantic blockade prohibited European dyes from reaching America and American dye makers struggled to provide consistent goods, the necessity for American textile testing procedures became obvious.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.aatcc.org/history/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=AATCC |language=en-US}}</ref> The AATCC has developed over two hundred textile standards, test methods, evaluation procedures, and monographs. These specifications are published annually in the AATCC Technical Manual.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AATCC Testing |url=https://www.aatcc.org/testing/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=AATCC |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[American National Standards Institute]] approves the textile performance standards set by [[ASTM International]].{{sfn|Tortora|Collier|1997|page=[https://archive.org/details/understandingtex00tort 20, 21]}} Other testing agencies or bodies that are recognised or accepted as international standards based on contracts include the following:{{sfn|Wang|2016|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=oABKCgAAQBAJ 25, 19]}}