BS 7087-15:1993

This standard BS 7087-15:1993 Herbs and spices ready for food use is classified in these ICS categories:

• 67.220.10 Spices and condiments

This Part of BS 7087 specifies requirements for dried whole cinnamon, processed for food use and derived from one or more of the subspecies of the following:

Cinnamomum zeylanicum

Cinnamomum burmannii (Korintje cassia) (also known as Cassia vera or Malay cinnamon)

Cinnamomum loureirii (Saigon or Viet Nam cinnamon or cassia)

Cinnamomum sintok (Malaysian cassia)

Cinnamomum cassia Blume (Chinese cinnamon or cassia)

Cinnamomum aromaticum (Chinese cassia or cinnamon)

This Part of BS 7087 also specifies requirements for dried ground cinnamon derived from whole cinnamon conforming to this standard.

Additional information on further requirements that may be specified in purchase contracts is given in Annex C.