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  „TransfiarUSA is a member of the FLO (fair trade labeling organization). The FLO is headquartered in Germany. Any organization using the “fair trade certified” label is under the umbrella of the FLO.“

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Tea & Coffee 02/02 - Working to Help Coffee’s Children (Cont)

  „Fair Trade and other Direct Trade initiatives: According to the Fair Trade Labeling Organization (FLO) in Bonn, Germany, the criteria required for fair trade certification were created taking into account relevant ILO conventions concerning child labor (29, 105 and 138). Under the criteria for coffee, there can be no forced labor, and, because fair trade works with family farms, the children are not working under harmful conditions. Furthermore, the minimum price criteria provide families with a dignified standard of living, eliminating the need for children to work for wages.“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: General Discussion, Fair Trade article - FYI

  „Germany's Fair Labeling Organization (FLO), which certifies all fair-trade coffee in the world, charges farmers $2,431 to certify plus an annual base of $607 for recertification and $.02 per 2.2 pounds of coffee sold under the fair-trade label.$.02 per kilo, not pound. He failed to mention the base recertification fees.“

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Organic News Winter/Spring 1999

  „Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) is a worldwide umbrella of fair trade monitoring groups that issue labels to products meeting fair trade criteria. Before the creation of FLO, one of these groups, Transfair International, awarded the license to use the name Transfair to a group in the United States, creating Transfair U.S. This past May, Transfair U.S. received a grant from the Ford Foundation to help implement a consumer education plan. "We hope to have a coordinated national launch in the market by November 1998," says Transfair U.S. Executive Director Paul Rice.“

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Guatemala

  „Establishing relationships with importers such as GEPA of Germany and Equal Exchange of the USA, among others, importers who are known for the high quality of the coffee they sell, was a calling card for CEPICAFE. Other importers, like Royal Coffee, became enthused to establish commercial relationships with CEPICAFE. This precedent, enabled us to facilitate other business transactions with few difficulties. The relationships are based on the dual criteria of quality of the coffee, and seriousness of the organization.“

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Fair Trade, Organic & Shade Grown

  „In 1991, Equal Exchange became the first U.S. company to officially adopt Fair Trade Labelling Organization International (FLO) standards as guiding principles. With the establishment of TransFair USA, an independent certifier belonging to FLO, we proudly sell more "Fair Trade Certified"® coffee than any other company in North America. This certification is an independent verification of our standards. As a fair trade organization, Equal Exchange is committed to these principles not just in our products but at the core of our mission and the way we do business.“

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