First fair trade bananas on sale

17 January 2000



First ‘fair trade’ bananas on sale

BRITAINS first “fair trade” bananas go on sale in some supermarkets today.

They have been imported from a co-operative in Costa Rica. The fair trade rules are designed to protect Third World producers from multinationals.

• Supermarkets snub fair trade scheme, FWi, 30 September, 1999
• Government minister in fair trading row, FWi, 01 September, 1998
• The Independent 17/01/2000 page 4