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	Fairtrade International Global · Tier 3 Specialty	Orgánico Argentina Argentina · Tier 1 Gold	Orgánico SAGARPA / SENASICA (Mexico) Mexico · Tier 1 Gold	JAS Organic Japan · 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.	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).	Mexico's national organic mark, administered by SENASICA under the Ley de Productos Orgánicos (LPO).	Japan's national organic standard under the Japanese Agricultural Standard system. The mark must appear on any food sold as 'organic' (有機 or オーガニック) in Japan.
Scope	Food	Food	Food	Food
Established	1997	2012	2006	2001
Inspection	Annual on-site by FLOCERT (independent of Fairtrade International)	Annual on-site, SENASA-accredited	Annual on-site, SENASICA-accredited	Annual on-site by MAFF-registered certifier
Residue testing	Not for organic — Fairtrade alone doesn't test residues	Required	Required	Required for high-risk operations
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.	Compliance with Argentine Law 25.127. Annual on-site inspection by SENASA-accredited certifier. Recognised as equivalent to EU + USDA organic under bilateral agreements.	≥95% organic ingredients per LPO. Annual on-site inspection by SENASICA-accredited certifier.	≥95% organic ingredients. No synthetic pesticides, no synthetic fertilizers, no GMOs. Annual inspection by a MAFF-registered certifier.
Does NOT	Doesn't mean organic — many Fairtrade products are conventionally grown. A separate Fairtrade-Organic dual certification exists.	Domestic recognition only — exports use the buyer's national mark (USDA, EU Leaf) under equivalence.	USDA equivalence is granted product-by-product, not blanket.	Mutual recognition with the US, EU, and Canada applies to specific product categories — check each agreement before importing.

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