IS 16959 : 2025/ISO 7540 : 2020 Spices and Condiments - Ground Sweet and Hot Paprika (Capsicum annuum L. and Capsicum frutescens L.) - Specification
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (First Revision) which is identical to ISO 7540 : 2020 'Spices and condiments - Ground sweet and hot paprika (Capsicum annuum L. and Capsicum frutescens L.) - Specifications' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Spices and Condiments Sectional Committee and approval of the Food and Agriculture Division Council.
This standard was first published in 2019 by adopting ISO 7540 : 2006 'Ground paprika (Capsicum annuum L.) - Specification' under dual numbering system. This revision has been undertaken to align with the latest version of ISO 7540, in which the following modifications have been made:
a) An additional species, Capsicum frutescens L. has been added;
b) The previous four categories have been replaced by sweet and hot paprika, and their physical and chemical specifications have been modified; and
c) The normative references have been updated.
The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.