FOR INTERNAL USE
HERBS AND SPICES
APPROVAL ☐Yes
☐No
REQUEST FORM
REASON
1.4 Request for Inclusion of a New Product
into Fairtrade Standard for Herbs and Spices
DATE
SUBMITTED BY:
CONTACT
Name: ____________________________
STAKEHOLDER
☐ Producer
☐PN
Email address:______________________
TYPE
☐ Trader
☐PSR
Phone number: _____________________
☐NFO
PRODUCT INFORMATION
PRODUCT NAME
Botanical name: ___________________
Enter botanical name (in Latin) and common English name. If
English: _________________________
French and Spanish are unknown, leave blank.
French: __________________________
Spanish: _________________________
PRODUCT TYPE
consist of leaves, flowers, stems, and
consist of aromatic seeds, buds, roots, barks,
☐Herbs
☐Spices
Explain why product fits
roots from herbaceous plants.
rhizomes, pods, flowers or parts thereof, berries, or other fruits.
Herbs and Spice
Standard based on
definition
PART OF PLANT
FORM
☐Bark
☐Root
☐Fresh
☐Conventional
Indicate the parts of the
☐Bud
☐Seed
☐Dried
☐Organic
plant that are to be sold
as Fairtrade-certified
☐Calyx
☐Shoot
products
☐Flower
☐Stem
☐Fruit
☐Stigma
USE
If the product is also covered
☐Flavouring
☐Herb
☐Thallus
by another Fairtrade product
Standard, the respective
☐Food
☐Husk
☐Wood
Standard applies and the
☐Not specified
☐Medicine
☐Leaf
product cannot be certified
as a herb, herbal tea or
☐Perfume
☐Petal
spice.
☐Other:
☐Resin
___________
☐Other: ________________________
PRODUCTION
AREA
Countries: ______________________
☐Wild harvesting
Regions: _______________________
☐Small Producer Organisation (SPO)
☐Plantation / Hired Labour (HL)
TARGET
Countries:
MARKET
EXPECTED SALES
Please enter current market prices as listed for the conventional, non-Fairtrade market
CURRENT
Local currency: ______________________
Unit of measurement: _____________________
MARKET PRICE
U.S. Dollars: ________________________
SHORT-TERM
Total expected worldwide sales of Fairtrade volume expected within the first three
years of production in metric tonnes per year (MT/year)
Total expected worldwide sales of Fairtrade volume expected within the first ten
LONG TERM
years of production in metric tonnes per year (MT/year)
RISK ASSESSMENT
Explain any potential risks of adding this Herb or Spice and how these potential risks might be mitigated