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FLO-Cert GmbH
Company typeLimited company
IndustryProduct certification
Founded2004
HeadquartersBonn, Germany
Key people
Rudiger Meyer, Managing Director
ProductsInspection, Certification, Trade Audit
Number of employees
~30 (2006)
Websitewww.flo-cert.net

FLO-CERT GmbH is one of the two organizations part of the Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International. It ensures that producers and traders comply with the FLO Fairtrade Standards and that producers invest the benefits received through Fairtrade in their development. Operating independently from any other interests, it follows the international ISO standards for certification bodies (ISO 65).

FLO-CERT works with a network of 60 independent inspectors that regularly visit all producer organizations and report back to FLO-CERT. Certification decisions are then taken by a Certification Committee, comprised of stakeholders from producers, traders, national labelling organisations and external experts. An Appeals Committee deals with appeals on these decisions.

FLO-CERT has also developed a trade auditing system to monitor traders' and retailers' compliance with Fairtrade standards. The system was created to check that every Fairtrade labelled product sold to a consumer has indeed been produced by a certified producer organization which has been paid the Fairtrade price.

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