BLAUVELT, NY— The Institute for Marketecology (IMO) has awarded RFI Ingredients Fair For Life Social & Fair Trade Certification as a Producer and Processor of Spirulina and Chlorella products.  Fair For Life fair trade certification is an independent verification of social and environmental marketing claims.

RFI was one of the first companies to offer a full line of certified organic ingredients and is further innovating by bringing to market fair trade ingredients that represent RFI’s commitment to develop and market high quality products.  The result of this commitment has been RFI’s ability to satisfy the stringent fair trade, social and environmental standards required for Fair For Life Social & Fair Trade Certification by IMO. RFI is proud to be the first and only company to offer fair trade spirulina and chlorella products.  Spirulina and chlorella are important microalgae-based nutrients that are essential components of many nutritional products.  By offering a fair trade supply of these important nutrients, product formulators will be able to be one step closer to formulating fair trade-certified products.

Fair For Life was developed as an alternative fair trade certification program by the Swiss Bio-Foundation, in cooperation with IMO, in 2006. Since then, Fair For Life Social & Fair Trade Certification has gained rapid acceptance in worldwide markets, as it offers many complementary benefits to existing fair trade systems.  One of these key benefits is transparency.

Fair For Life fair trade certification transparently verifies fair trade production and trade, as it publishes the results of certification on its website at www.fairforlife.net. During certification, operators are rated on their performance in areas such as trade relations, health and safety, equal treatment and opportunity, social benefits and environmental issues.

RFI Ingredients is a vertically-integrated manufacturer of innovative natural ingredients for the food, functional food and dietary supplement industries. The company, which was formed in 1989, specializes in the supply of quality ingredients (including certified-organic as well as fair trade) and proprietary formulations.

For more information about RFI, contact Jennifer Diliddo at (845) 358-8600 or jenniferd@rfiingredients.com.

To learn more about IMO, contact Kerry Hughes at (707) 644-2354 or
Kerry@IMO-Control.org