................................I agree with the minimum of being in business for 1 year, business license and insurance. As for other memberships, that would dissuade me from joining.
One suggestion that came to mind would be that each member would have to be labelling all of their products correctly and lawfully. This would be a great way to set the true professionals apart from the 'who cares it's just a part-time hobby' folks.
One more suggestion to make it easier for start up - keep them country specific. Labelling laws are different everywhere you go. Perhaps once they're up and running then we could combine them into one big association. Either that or have representatives from each country looking after their own members but still be one association.
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