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	Nordic Swan Ecolabel Nordic Countries · Tier 3 Specialty	Fair for Life Global · Tier 2 Trusted	Orgánico SAGARPA / SENASICA (Mexico) Mexico · Tier 1 Gold	Ø Ø-mærket (Denmark) Denmark · Tier 1 Gold
What it means	The official environmental label of the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland). Covers ~60 product categories from cleaning products to hotels — NOT specifically an organic standard.	Combined organic + fair-trade + social-responsibility certification. Issued by Ecocert (originally developed by IMOswiss). Stricter than baseline Fairtrade on labour conditions; often paired with an organic mark on the same product.	Mexico's national organic mark, administered by SENASICA under the Ley de Productos Orgánicos (LPO).	Denmark's national organic mark, owned by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration. The red Ø is one of the most-trusted food labels in the world — recognised by ~98% of Danish consumers.
Scope	Several categories	Several categories	Food	Food
Established	1989	2006	2006	1989
Inspection	On-site + product review by national Ecolabel office	Annual on-site, Ecocert-administered	Annual on-site, SENASICA-accredited	Annual on-site by Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
Residue testing	Risk-based per category	Risk-based	Required	Required
Guarantees	Lifecycle-based environmental criteria for the product category. Restrictions on hazardous chemicals. Recyclability and packaging requirements. Audited every 3-5 years against an updated standard.	Fair pricing for producers. Compliance with ILO core conventions on labour rights, no forced or child labour. Environmental criteria including organic-or-equivalent farming practices. Annual on-site audit by Ecocert.	≥95% organic ingredients per LPO. Annual on-site inspection by SENASICA-accredited certifier.	EU baseline organic (EU 2018/848). Annual on-site inspection by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration. Direct government control (not a private body) — the unusual Danish model that drives high consumer trust.
Does NOT	Doesn't certify food as organic — Nordic Swan on a food package means lower-environmental-impact, not 'no synthetic pesticides'.	Doesn't itself mean organic — pair with an organic mark for the full picture.	USDA equivalence is granted product-by-product, not blanket.	Outside Denmark, retailers usually rely on the EU Leaf rather than the Ø.

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