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Consultative Group to Eliminate
the Use of Child Labor and
Forced
Labor in Imported
Agricultural Products
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Consultative
Group Members
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RE: Consultative Group Guidelines
Established
by the 2008 Farm Bill, the Consultative Group to Eliminate
the Use of Child Labor and Forced
Labor in Imported
Agricultural Products will develop
and make recommendations to the Secretary of
Agriculture regarding guidelines to reduce the
likelihood that agricultural products imported
into the United States are produced with the use
of child or forced labor.
USDA’s
Foreign Agricultural Service is the lead agency
in cooperation with the Agricultural Marketing
Service.
No later
than one year after the group’s submission of
recommendations, USDA will release guidelines
for a voluntary initiative to enable entities to
address child and forced labor issues. The
guidelines will be published in the Federal
Register and available for public comment
for 90 days.
The consultative group consists of both
government and non-government members, including
two members from USDA; one from the U.S.
Department of Labor; and one from the U.S.
Department of State. Non-government members
include three from the agriculture-related
private sector; two members from institutions of
higher education and research institutions; one
member to represent independent, third-party
certification services for labor standards;
and three members from non-profit organizations
with expertise on international child labor
issues. Members will serve until December 2012.
News
List of Public Comments Received
RE: Consultative Group Guidelines
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Jean Public
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Calvert Investments
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AFL-CIO and Solidarity Center joint submission
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Global Issues Group
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Northeast Organic Farming Association and
Domestic Fair Trade Association joint submission
- UTZ Certified Good Inside (position
paper,
comment, "Child and Forced Labor in UTZ CERTIFIED Good Inside Code of Conduct and Guidance documents for Coffee")
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Rainforest Alliance Network
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Not-For-Sale Campaign
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National Consumers League
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Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at
the American University Washington College of
Law
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Government of the Philippines
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Emergency Committee for American Trade,
Grocery Manufacturers Association, National
Coffee Association, National Confectioners
Association, Peanut and Tree Nut Processors
Association, Sweetener Users Association,
United Fresh Produce Association, U.S.-ASEAN
Business Council, and U.S.-India Business
Council joint submission
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Social Accountability International (SAI)
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National Association of Manufacturers
Federal Register Notices
Consultative Group Members
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Darci Vetter (Chairperson), Deputy Under
Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Ann Wright, Deputy Under Secretary,
Regulatory and Marketing Programs, U.S.
Department of Agriculture
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Sandra Polaski, Deputy Under Secretary for
International Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor
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Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State
for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor,
Department of State
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Bama Athreya, President, Global Works Foundation
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Eric Edmonds, Associate Professor of
Economics, Dartmouth University
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Kimberly Elliott, Senior Fellow, Center for
Global Development, Visiting Fellow, Peterson
Institute
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Bill Guyton, President, World Cocoa
Foundation
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Rachelle Jackson, Director, Research and
Development, STR Responsible Sourcing
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Dennis Macray, Senior Sustainability Advisor, Theo Chocolate Company
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Edward Potter, Director, Global Workplace
Rights, Coca-Cola Co.
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Margaret Roggensack, Senior Advisor for Business
and Human Rights, Human Rights First
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Auret Van Heerden, President and CEO, Fair
Labor Association
Communications to Congress
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