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BS ISO 6539:2014

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Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume). Specification

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English

Published date

28-02-2014

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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Types and classification
5 Ground cinnamon
6 Requirements
7 Sampling
8 Test methods
9 Packaging and marking
Annex A (informative) - Recommendations relating
         to storage and transport conditions
Bibliography

Describes requirements for whole or ground (powdered) cinnamon, of the Sri Lankan, Madagascan and Seychelles types; this cinnamon is the bark of the tree or shrub Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume.

Committee
AW/34
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
18
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

This International Standard specifies requirements for whole or ground (powdered) cinnamon, of the Sri Lankan, Madagascan and Seychelles types; this cinnamon is the bark of the tree or shrub Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume.1

Recommendations relating to storage and transport conditions are given in AnnexA.

NOTE Requirements for cassia (Chinese type, Indonesian type and Vietnamese type) are given in ISO6538.[1]

1 Other Latin names are Cinnamomum verum J. Presl; Cinnamomum zeylnacum Nees and Laurus cinnamomum L.

Standards Relationship
ISO 6539:2014 Identical

ISO 927:2009 Spices and condiments Determination of extraneous matter and foreign matter content
ISO 930:1997 Spices and condiments — Determination of acid-insoluble ash
ISO 939:1980 Spices and condiments Determination of moisture content Entrainment method
ISO 2825:1981 Spices and condiments — Preparation of a ground sample for analysis
ISO 6571:2008 Spices, condiments and herbs — Determination of volatile oil content (hydrodistillation method)
ISO 1208:1982 Spices and condiments — Determination of filth
ISO 928:1997 Spices and condiments — Determination of total ash
ISO 6538:1997 Cassia, Chinese type, Indonesian type and Vietnamese type [Cinnamomum aromaticum (Nees) syn. Cinnamomum cassia (Nees) ex Blume, Cinnamomum burmanii (C.G. Nees) Blume and Cinnamomum loureirii Nees] — Specification
ISO 948:1980 Spices and condiments — Sampling

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