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	IBD IBD Orgânico (Brazil) Brazil · Tier 2 Trusted	Canada Organic Biologique Canada · Tier 1 Gold	Bio-Siegel (Germany) Germany · Tier 1 Gold	Fairtrade International Global · Tier 3 Specialty
What it means	South America's largest organic certifier. IBD certifies under Brazilian, USDA NOP, EU, and JAS standards — a single-stop certifier widely used across Latin America.	The federal Canadian organic standard, mandatory on any agricultural product sold across provincial borders or imported as 'organic'.	Germany's national organic mark, owned by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Sits alongside the EU Leaf on most German organic packaging since 2001. Same standard as the EU Leaf — Bio-Siegel is the brand consumers recognise.	Certifies fair prices and conditions for producers in developing countries — not organic, not environmental. Common on coffee, cocoa, sugar, bananas, tea.
Scope	Several categories	Food	Food	Food
Established	1990	2009	2001	1997
Inspection	Annual on-site, IFOAM- and ISO 17065-accredited	Annual on-site by CFIA-accredited certifier	Annual on-site by EU-accredited German control body	Annual on-site by FLOCERT (independent of Fairtrade International)
Residue testing	Required	Risk-based, conducted by accredited certifiers	Risk-based	Not for organic — Fairtrade alone doesn't test residues
Guarantees	Multiple-standard certification: Brazilian (SisOrg), USDA NOP, EU, JAS, Demeter. Annual on-site inspection.	≥95% organic ingredients (single-ingredient products: 100%). No synthetic pesticides, no GMOs, no irradiation. Annual third-party certification under the Canada Organic Regime.	EU baseline organic (EU 2018/848). Annual on-site inspection by accredited German certifier.	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.
Does NOT	A single product may carry IBD plus a country-specific organic mark — IBD itself isn't the regulatory mark in any of those markets, just the accredited certifier.	Provincial sales-only operations are not legally required to carry it (though many do voluntarily).	Same standard as the EU Leaf — not stricter.	Doesn't mean organic — many Fairtrade products are conventionally grown. A separate Fairtrade-Organic dual certification exists.

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