Fresh fruit

Product Standard for hired labour organizations

This standard applies to all Fairtrade fresh fruit Hired labour companies and all companies that buy and sell Fairtrade fresh fruit.

Fresh Fruit / Fruta Fresca / Fruits Frais

Current Standard

EN | Fairtrade Standard for Fresh Fruit

ES | Criterio de Comercio Justo Fairtrade para Fruta fresca

FR | Standard du Commerce Equitable Fairtrade pour les fruits frais

PT | Critério do Comércio Justo para Fruta Fresca

Main changes

Calculating wages in this standard

EN | Calculating floor wages in the Fresh Fruit Standard

ES | Calcular los salarios en el Criterio para Fruta fresca

FR | Calcul des salaires dans le Standard pour les fruits frais

EN | Calculating base wages in the Fresh Fruit Standard - only for banana

ES |

FR |

Explanatory document for the Fairtrade Premium disbursements of the requirement 3.1.3

Reporting wages for banana companies for the requirement 3.1.4

Interpretation Notes

This Fairtrade Standard for Fresh Fruit covers the requirements which are specific to fresh fruit hired labour producers and traders.

Fairtrade fresh fruit companies must comply with the Fairtrade Standard for Hired Labour and the Fairtrade Standard for Fresh Fruit. For companies this standard complements, and should be read together with, the Fairtrade Standard for Hired Labour.

Açai, apples, apricots, avocadoes, baby bananas, bananas, baobab, blackcurrant, blueberries, cherries, dates, dragon fruits, grapefruit, langsats, lemons, limes, lychees, mangoes, mangosteens, marula, melons, mini watermelons, nectarines, oranges, papayas, passion fruit, peaches, pears, physalis, pineapples, plantains, plums, pomegranates, prickly pears, rambutans, raspberries, redcurrant, snake fruit, soft citrus (satsumas, clementines, mandarins, tangerines), soursops, strawberry, table grapes, watermelons, wine grapes, others

Standard for Hired Labour

This product standard applies to hired labour operators (employing workers) as explained here. Together, the Fairtrade Standard for Hired Labour and the product standard above define the terms of trade. Please read both documents for further guidance.

Does your company want to trade this Fairtrade product?

Aspects of this product standard also apply to companies that wish to trade with producers. The product standard above works in conjunction with the Fairtrade Trader Standard to outline the terms of trade for this product.