Not-for-profit organization Fair World Project has criticized changes to Fair Trade USA’s labeling policy, which allows chocolate to carry the seal when it contains a high percentage of other ingredients like sugar that are not fairly traded.
To learn more about this newest assault on the Fair Trade system whereby standards are lowered and consumers misled for the sake of corporate interests, please click here. Please also consider sharing your opinion in the one-question survey at the end of the article.
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April 30, 2013