India, Feb. 5 -- Quality standards for 5 spices, namely small cardamom, turmeric, juniper berry, allspice and star anise were finalised

The 7th session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) was held at Kochi. After the Covid-19 pandemic, CCSCH7 was the first session of this committee to be conducted physically. 109 delegates from 31 countries attended the session.

CCSCH7 achieved excellent results. In this session, quality standards for 5 spices, namely small cardamom, turmeric, juniper berry, allspice and star anise were finalised.

CCSCH has forwarded these five standards to the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) recommending for adoption at final Step 8 as full-fledged Codex standards.

For the first time in th...