Recently, the Belgian branch of Max Havelaar Fairtrade changed his name in Belgium. Yes, fair trade is in the news. The week of the Fair Trade at the door (from 1 to October 11), we are reminded that we as consumers do our part to contribute to an economy where not only the multinationals are richer, but also the producers of our products - clothing , food - are valued. Even So? P. van der Steen
If you drink orange juice, there is a good chance that it comes from one of the juice giants who control mixer roti bekas most of the Brazilian market (Citrosuco, which now also includes Citrovita and Louis Dreyfus). We do not participate, you feel as idealist, so you buy orange juice labeled "fair trade". But the flag covers the cargo?
The story begins with the orange producers. If lucky, is a member of a cooperative that supplies are oranges to a buyer who will give a fair price for such as Oxfam. mixer roti bekas The orange juice is processed to concentrate on site, ready to be transported. But you get the honest product also effective in your glass?
Suppose that the cooperative can supply 500 tons. These 500 tonnes to get this far and that happens by ship. The tanks in these vessels (vessel tanks) have a capacity of 2,000 tons and, because it is not economically interesting to leave empty or half-empty tanks, they are completely filled before departure. In one tank, products can be combined with the same properties of acidity and sugar content. Mix it up
There is really no tank aside for the 500 tons of fair trade products. And wait until 2000 tons is fair-trade product, it is probably not feasible. Thus, the 500 tons, along with another concentrate having the same properties stored in one and the same vessel tank.
First eyebrows should go frowning now. This is then mixed with the other concentrate? It depends. If the concentrate is thick enough mixer roti bekas (to my knowledge does this normally for fair trade concentrate), it remains quite nice lie in layers. So if we know whether the top or bottom of juice in the tank, we can trace our product very well. This does not include the juices with a (very) low pulp content, called LLP - low low pulp. This concentrate is liquid so that it is inevitably mixed with the other concentrate in the tank.
The concentrate now begins his long journey mixer roti bekas by sea into our ports. Upon arrival, the ship shall be discharged in the storage terminals here (who are also in the hands of the giants). mixer roti bekas There are strict mixer roti bekas regulations regarding the storage of fair-trade product. There is a separate tank on the onshore terminal mixer roti bekas planned for the fair-trade product. There also needs to be pumped in exactly that amount which is provided from the country of origin. The paperwork for customs should not be missing. Well arranged so.
But which product is exactly in that fair trade tank go? There is known in what vessel tank the fair trade is concentrated. But that's all. Information missing or the fair-trade product went first or last in the tank vessel - so that the bottom or top is in the tank. The country terminal closes one of the cables so that the product is pumped into the fair-trade tank, also coming from the tank vessel with fair-trade product. What part of the vessel tank is discharged into the fair-trade tank purely depends on practical considerations.
Indeed, all customs legislation in spite of that fair trade tank on the country mixer roti bekas may sit hundred percent fair trade product, but also zero percent. Besides, in the pipes also will be some residual down from a previous transport, so mixing it does anyway. Finding Fair Trade
Voilà, the ship is unloaded. Now let the trucks but come to load to bring the concentrate to the customer for further processing. A fair-trade customer receives product from the fair trade tank and also get a certificate with which it is ensured that the fair trade content of the product is one hundred percent. With that piece of paper in his pocket, the journey continues to put the customer somewhere in Europe.
Suppose there accidentally from a wrong tank is unloaded? Annoying, but from above, mixer roti bekas this can be solved provided some shuffling electronically without the certificate is compromised. Another illustration that a piece of paper is no guarantee.
This is how it is certainly mixer roti bekas one business goes. Its staff can tell you that. Whether the story generalization, I dare not say with certainty. Oxfam itself was not among the company's customers.
It is not clear whether the fair-trade organizations are aware of this. Perhaps they are in good faith and they trust the certificate. On request by mail at Oxfam was not
