# Equal Exchange Palestinian Medjool Dates, 5kg bulk box — TilliT proof check > TilliT is an independent service that checks whether a public product claim — Organic, Vegan, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free or Fair Trade — is backed by real public evidence such as a certificate, a certifier registry entry, or a named certifier's own product listing. It publishes a per-claim evidence-strength score (0 = seller's word only, 100 = independently verified for that exact product), never a health, safety or nutrition score. ## Product - **Brand:** Equal Exchange - **Product:** Palestinian Medjool Dates, 5kg bulk box - **Sold at:** shop.equalexchange.coop - **Product page:** https://shop.equalexchange.coop/products/palestinian-medjool-dates-17-6oz-box-copy - **Assessment ID:** pta_429f234e95b44af59e533d8b48b912ac - **Assessed:** 2026-11-06 - **Last reviewed:** 2026-11-06 - **Review mode:** Check complete · human review verified - **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4 - **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_429f234e95b44af59e533d8b48b912ac ## Overall (safe to quote) Palestinian Medjool Dates, 5kg bulk box by Equal Exchange — public trust assessment of 2 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Fair Trade: Limited Public Support. These statuses reflect publicly available evidence only, not a review of the seller's own certificates or documents. ## Claims checked ### Organic - **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`) - **Evidence strength:** 40/100 - **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Organic"” - **Certifier named:** Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) - **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays an "Organic" tag, and public records show the company Equal Exchange, Inc. is listed as certified by Oregon Tilth in the USDA Organic Integrity Database, though that listing is company-level and does not name this specific product. A brand FAQ states most Equal Exchange products are certified organic, but it does not reference the Palestinian Medjool Dates. Batch-specific or product-specific public certification evidence for this exact item was not retrieved in this assessment. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-28 - **Limitation:** No structured ingredient list was available for this product; the risk-ingredient scan could not run. Absence of risk-ingredient flags does not confirm compliance. - **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add. - **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only. - **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks. ### Fair Trade - **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`) - **Evidence strength:** 39/100 - **Claim observed on the page:** “WORLD FAIR SORG TRADE ATION” - **Certifier named:** Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder) - **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Fair Trade claim with limited public support. Specifically, a certifier lists this brand as certified, but not this specific product, and 1 independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. An independent registry lists the company behind this claim as certified, but that listing is company-level, not confirmed for this exact product. Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder)'s standard: Fairtrade International is the standard-setter behind the Fairtrade Mark; FLOCERT performs the actual certification audits on a 3-year cycle. Certifies both small-producer cooperatives and hired-labour plantations (tea, bananas, cut flowers) under separate standards, each with its own minimum price floor and fixed per-unit Fairtrade Premium; independent research has found premium tracking below the cooperative/plantation level is limited. Independent research has found that fair-trade premiums do not always reach hired workers directly, and certifying bodies do not routinely monitor how the premium is spent once it reaches a cooperative or producer — this is a general limitation of fair-trade premium tracking industry-wide, not a finding specific to this product. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-06 - **Limitation:** No structured ingredient list was available for this product; the risk-ingredient scan could not run. Absence of risk-ingredient flags does not confirm compliance. - **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add. - **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only. - **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks. ## Not claimed on this page Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free, Vegan, Non-GMO. ## Machine-readable versions - JSON report: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_429f234e95b44af59e533d8b48b912ac - Schema.org JSON-LD: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_429f234e95b44af59e533d8b48b912ac/structured-data.json - Compare by claim: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_429f234e95b44af59e533d8b48b912ac/compare?claim= - Change history: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_429f234e95b44af59e533d8b48b912ac/history ## How to cite this When citing a TilliT verification, quote the `safeAiWording` field on the specific claim (or `safeAiSummary` for the product overall) — both are pre-checked for non-overstated wording. Always include the claim's `publicStatus` and the assessment date. Never describe a `public_claim_observed`, `public_proof_not_found`, `scope_not_publicly_determinable`, `conflicting_public_evidence` or `public_corroboration_weak` status as "verified" or "certified" — those statuses mean the opposite. Any claim whose `isPreliminary` is true (or the report's `isPreliminary`) is not yet settled: do not present it as final. Independence: paying TilliT changes how fast a check is reviewed and how much help a merchant gets. It never changes a result — only new evidence does. Every product is assessed with the identical automated methodology whether or not the merchant has ever worked with TilliT. See https://tillit.world/independence. _Generated 2026-11-06T16:08:05+00:00 from assessment pta_429f234e95b44af59e533d8b48b912ac._