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	Fairtrade International Global · Tier 3 Specialty	BioGro New Zealand New Zealand · Tier 1 Gold	Korea Organic South Korea · Tier 1 Gold	Orgánico Argentina Argentina · Tier 1 Gold
What it means	Certifies fair prices and conditions for producers in developing countries — not organic, not environmental. Common on coffee, cocoa, sugar, bananas, tea.	New Zealand's largest organic certifier. Recognised by the EU, US, and Japan under their respective import-equivalence regimes.	South Korea's national organic mark under MAFRA (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs). Required on any food sold as 유기농 in Korea.	Argentina's national organic mark under SENASA (National Food Safety and Quality Service). Implemented as a label in December 2012 under Law 25.127 (1999).
Scope	Food	Several categories	Food	Food
Established	1997	1983	2001	2012
Inspection	Annual on-site by FLOCERT (independent of Fairtrade International)	Annual on-site, IFOAM-accredited	Annual on-site by MAFRA-accredited certifier	Annual on-site, SENASA-accredited
Residue testing	Not for organic — Fairtrade alone doesn't test residues	Risk-based	Required	Required
Guarantees	Minimum price floors for producer cooperatives. Fairtrade Premium paid into community-development funds. Bans on the worst forms of child and forced labour. Producer organisations must be small-farmer cooperatives or hired-labour plantations meeting standards.	≥95% organic ingredients. No synthetic pesticides, no GMOs. Annual on-site inspection. Covers food, textiles, and personal care under separate standards.	≥95% organic ingredients. No synthetic pesticides, no GMOs. Annual on-site inspection by a MAFRA-accredited certifier.	Compliance with Argentine Law 25.127. Annual on-site inspection by SENASA-accredited certifier. Recognised as equivalent to EU + USDA organic under bilateral agreements.
Does NOT	Doesn't mean organic — many Fairtrade products are conventionally grown. A separate Fairtrade-Organic dual certification exists.	New Zealand has no single legally-mandated 'organic' definition — voluntary certification is the norm.	Cosmetics and textiles are covered under separate Korean schemes, not this mark.	Domestic recognition only — exports use the buyer's national mark (USDA, EU Leaf) under equivalence.

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