ISO 5565-1:1999 pdf download – Vanilla [ Vanilla fragrans (Salisbury) Ames] — Part 1 : Specification.
1 Scope This part of ISO 5565 specifies requirements for vanilla belonging to the species Vanilla fragrans (Salisbury) Ames, syn. Vanilla planifolia Andrews. This part of ISO 5565 is applicable to vanilla in pods, bulk, cut or in the form of powder. It is not applicable to vanilla extracts. NOTE This vanilla is commonly known under the names associated with its geographic origin, namely Bourbon (from Madagascar, Comores and Reunion), Indonesian, Mexican, Tongan, Indian, Chinese and Ugandan vanilla. 2 Normative references The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this part of ISO 5565. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, parties to agreements based on this part of ISO 5565 are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies. Members of ISO and IEC maintain registers of currently valid International Standards. ISO 948, Spices and condiments — Sampling . ISO 3493, Vanilla — Vocabulary . ISO 5565-2:1 999, Vanilla [ Vanilla fragrans (Salisbury) Ames] — Part 2: Test methods . 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this part of ISO 5565, the terms and definitions given in ISO 3493 apply. 4 Commercial forms The following four commercial forms are described in this part of ISO 5565: a) vanilla pods, consisting of whole pods which may be split; b) cut vanilla, consisting of parts of pods, split or not, and deliberately cut or broken; c) vanilla in bulk, consisting of vanilla in pods and cut vanilla; d) vanilla powder, obtained by grinding vanilla pods after drying without additives.
9 Test methods Samples of vanilla shall be analysed to ensure conformity with the requirements of this part of ISO 5565, following the methods described in Table 1 and 7.2. 10 Packing and marking 10.1 Packing 10.1.1 Vanilla pods Vanilla pods shall be put in packets of pods of the same length, and shall then be put in clean, sound, watertight containers made of a material which will have no effect on the product (e.g. tin-plate boxes, waxed paper). Each of these elementary containers of packets of pods shall be uniform from the point of view of category (according to clause 6). A series of these elementary containers, the contents of which are homogeneous, constitutes a lot. A consignment is constituted by either a homogeneous lot or by several lots belonging to different categories.