ISO FDIS 6539

Description / Abstract: This International Standard specifies requirements for whole or ground (powdered) cinnamon, of the Sri Lankan, Madagascan and Seychelles types; this cinnamon is the bark of the tree or shrub Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume¹⁾.

Recommendations relating to storage and transport conditions are given in Annex A.

NOTE Requirements for cassia (Chinese type, Indonesian type and Vietnamese type) are given in ISO 6538²⁾.

1) Other Latin names are Cinnamomum verum J. Presl; Cinnamomum zelynicum Nees and Laurus cinnamomum L.

2) ISO 6538:1997, Cassia, Chinese type, Indonesian type and Vietnamese type [Cinnamomum aromaticum (Nees) syn. Cinnamomum cassia (Nees) ex Blume, Cinnamomum burmanii (C. G. Nees) Blume and Cinnamomum loureirii Nees] — Specification.