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Tier 3 — SpecialtyGlobal
Fairtrade International
Certifies fair prices and conditions for producers in developing countries — not organic, not environmental. Common on coffee, cocoa, sugar, bananas, tea.
Official siteWhat it 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.
What it does NOT
- ○Doesn't mean organic — many Fairtrade products are conventionally grown. A separate Fairtrade-Organic dual certification exists.
Inspection
Annual on-site by FLOCERT (independent of Fairtrade International)
Residue testing
Not for organic — Fairtrade alone doesn't test residues
Established
1997
Body type
Non-governmental organisation
Scope
Food
Trust tier
Single-issue certification — strong inside its scope (textile, cosmetics, social) but not a general organic stamp.