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[De Angelis, Patricia]

Article from the latest TRAFFIC Newsletter about the growing use of the
FairWild Standard, an international third-party certification mechanism for
the botanicals industry that incorporates sustainable use and conservation.

There are FairWild "operators," "processors/traders," and "licensees." In
the U.S., one company has been licensed under the FairWild Standard.

*Traditional Medicinals <http://www.traditionalmedicinals.com/>, USA*
Founded in 1974, Traditional Medicinals is a manufacturer and marketer of
traditional herbal medicinal products, herbal dietary supplement products
and herbal natural health products. Traditional Medicinals is committed to
providing affordable traditional herbal medicine for family health and
welfare. The company embraces sustainability, ingredient purity, social and
environmental activism.

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From: TRAFFIC <richard.thomas at traffic.org>
Date: Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 1:21 PM
Strong FairWild presence at world leading organic food fair
http://www.traffic.org/home/2016/3/4/strong-fairwild-presence-at-world-leading-organic-food-fair.html

March 2016, Nuremberg, Germany—

Last month more than 48,000 trade visitors from 132 countries travelled to
Nuremberg for Biofach, the World's Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food.

Biofach is a key event and meeting point where, from 10–13 February, the
FairWild Foundation was one of more than 2,000 exhibitors introducing
sustainability products and services to the organic sector.

TRAFFIC is a partner in the FairWild Foundation, which promotes
sustainable, fair and value-added management and trading system for
wild-collected plant ingredients through adoption of the FairWild Standard.

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