FairWild Certification

FairWild Certification means that buyers know they are supporting fair trading – the products are legally and sustainable sourced, and the benefits are felt by all those involved right down to the local communities harvesting the wild plants.

Who needs to be certified?

For a product to be sold as FairWild Certified, all those involved in the national or international supply need to be assessed:

• Collectors
• Purchase centres Collectors associations / co-operatives
• Manufacturers or NGOs contracting collectors for production
• Manufacturers / processors in the country of origin (food,
  pharmaceutical, cosmetics)
• Traders and exporters in the country of origin
• Importers, processors and marketing companies in the consumer countries can become certified on a voluntary basis (food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics)

What products can be certified?

• Products collected from the wild (e.g. medicinal and aromatic plants, berries, wild fruits, nuts and seeds, mushrooms, honey)
• Raw materials for finished products (e.g. essential and fatty oils)
• Products containing FairWild ingredients (see FairWild Labelling)

Guidance for Industry

Frequently Asked Questions on Costs, Fees, Funds and Pricing can be found in this two-page document (PDF, 50 KB)

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