The Manufacturing Committee is developing fair trade standards for international manufacturing. The first part of this process is the development of broad, overarching principles. From that, specific standards can be developed. In this dialog, minimally edited, participants discuss the issue of contaminations issues based on

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Introduction: The manufacturing group is an outcome of the Madison Dialogue. The purpose of the group is to develop standards for ethical international manufacturing. The group is diverse and international, representing a wide spectrum of experiences. It is spearheaded at this point by Amanda Stark, Fair Trade Development of the Rapaport Group and Marc Choyt