High cost of certification

Tea workers still waiting to reap Fairtrade benefits
Managers at one tea estate in Kenya said that Fairtrade regulations were too expensive or difficult to implement and that some of their workers found them too restrictive. At an estate in India, Fairtade inspectors found problems with the way that the premium was managed and many workers complained that they had seen no benefit.
'Tea workers still waiting to reap Fairtrade benefits
By Parminder Bahra, Poverty and Development Correspondent, The Times
07 January 2009