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	Nordic Swan Ecolabel Nordic Countries · Tier 3 Specialty	KRAV (Sweden) Sweden · Tier 2 Trusted	Fair for Life Global · Tier 2 Trusted	JAS Organic Japan · 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.	Sweden's leading organic mark. Built on the EU 2018/848 baseline plus stricter Swedish add-ons covering animal welfare, climate impact, and social conditions.	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.	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	Several categories	Food	Several categories	Food
Established	1989	1985	2006	2001
Inspection	On-site + product review by national Ecolabel office	Annual on-site by KRAV-accredited certifier	Annual on-site, Ecocert-administered	Annual on-site by MAFF-registered certifier
Residue testing	Risk-based per category	Required	Risk-based	Required for high-risk operations
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.	EU baseline organic PLUS Swedish-specific welfare and climate add-ons. Annual on-site inspection. Climate footprint accounting on KRAV-certified farms.	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. No synthetic pesticides, no synthetic fertilizers, no GMOs. Annual inspection by a MAFF-registered certifier.
Does NOT	Doesn't certify food as organic — Nordic Swan on a food package means lower-environmental-impact, not 'no synthetic pesticides'.	Mark is trademark-protected.	Doesn't itself mean organic — pair with an organic mark for the full picture.	Mutual recognition with the US, EU, and Canada applies to specific product categories — check each agreement before importing.

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