Revised Standard from Last Update.

1. SCOPE

1.1 This standard prescribes the requirements for cardamom capsules, seeds and powder of Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton (Choti Elachi) of the family Zingiberaceae.

1.2 This standard does not cover the capsules of the genus Amomum.

2. REFERENCES

The standards listed below contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this Standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards listed below:

IS 1797 : 2017 Spices and condiments - Methods of test (third revision)

IS 5887 (Part 3) : 1999/ISO 6579 : 1993 Methods for detection of bacteria responsible for food poisoning: Part 3 General guidance on methods for the detection of Salmonella (second revision)

IS 5887 (Part 6) : 2012/ISO 7932 : 2004 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of presumptive bacillus cereus: Part 6 Colony count technique at 30 °C (first revision)

IS 14216 : 1994 Code for hygienic practice for spices and condiments processing units

ISO 15213 : 2003 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of sulfite-reducing bacteria growing under anaerobic conditions

IS 16287 : 2015 Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products - High performance liquid chromatographic method