AFDC 07(6578) P3 Code of hygienic practices for spices and dried aromatic plants

This code of hygienic practice applies to spices and dried aromatic plants -whole, broken, ground or blended. It covers the minimum requirements of hygiene for production, harvesting, post-harvest technology (curing, bleaching, drying, cleaning, grading, packing, transportation and storage including microbial and insect disinfestation) processing establishment, processing technology (grinding, blending, freezing and freeze drying, etc.) packaging and storage of processed products