What body governs Fair Trade Products?

The Fair Trade Labelling Organization www.fairtrade.net , located in Germay, is the organization that certifies Fair Trade products coming from over 50 countries in the Global South. There are over 20 organizations in similar number of countries around the world that are form this certifying body and promote Fair Trade certified products in their countries (in the U.S. the Fair Trade organization is called TransFair USA and is located in Oakland, in the UK is called the Fair Trade Federation).

Besides Fair Trade certified products (that are mostly agricultural products), there are other called Fair Trade products that you can find in stores. Although these products are not certified by a third-party certifier, several of those products follow similar standards to those followed by Fair Trade certified products.

The coffee and chocolate that you find at Trader Joe's is probably Fair Trade certified (you need to look for a label that says so).

I dont' think there is one... it's mainly marketing that advertises when an item is Fair Trade. It's a bigger deal in the UK than in the USA, for now, anyway.

well, i thought the US Agriculture did, but You might want to email

www.thehungersite.com and ask them. They have alot of businin-

esses that offer this.