Fair Trade Certified
Fair Trade USA’s Fair Trade Certified seal: the product was made to its standards for workers, farmers, communities and the environment.
How to read it
Fair Trade USA’s standards cover safe and healthy working conditions, the elimination of forced and child labor, fair and consistent pay, environmental protection and product traceability. According to Ecolabel Index, the certification means farmers and workers earn community development premiums, and compliance is verified by an independent organization.
Also searched as: fair trade logo, fair trade symbol.
Two systems, two spellings
Fair Trade USA, the US labeling body, left the international Fairtrade system, Green America reported in January 2012. Fairtrade (one word) now names the separate Fairtrade International system, whose mark is blue and green.
The whole product or some ingredients
In 2012, Green America reported that Fair Trade USA would use its full label on products that are 95 percent or more fair trade certified, and an “ingredients” label on products with at least 20 percent fair trade ingredients by dry weight.
Read next
- Next in Certification marksRainforest Alliance CertifiedThe Rainforest Alliance’s green frog seal: the farm or company behind the product, or behind one of its ingredients, met the Rainforest Alliance’s sustainable agriculture standard.
- The same shape in BPMN symbolsEnd eventWhere a path through a process finishes. The end event is a circle drawn with a single thick line.
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The same shape elsewhere
Browse symbols drawn with circles.
Sources
- Fair Trade Certified: Sourcing Program from Fair Trade USA, Internet Archive copy, 1 January 2026, Fair Trade USA
- Ecolabel Index: Fair Trade Certified, Ecolabel Index
- Fairtrade vs. fair trade, Fairtrade International
- Changes in the world of Fair Trade Labeling: What's a Green Consumer to do?, 12 January 2012, Green America
Researched, edited and approved by Rory Hansen before publishing. Last reviewed September 25, 2026. How we research
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