clean, dried flattened seed coat or aril of the ripe fruit of nutmeg tree, myristica fragrans Hountuyn, fully grown, color characteristic to the variety.
free from admixture, added coloring matter.
buff of light brown colour, smooth, brittle and slightly warm taste and a fragrance similar to that of nutmeg.
having the characteristic fresh and aromatic odour and bitter acrid and warm flavour
free from rancid taste musty odour, off-flavour, mould growth, rodent hair, excreta, filth, moulds, live insects, dead insects insect infestation, rodent contamination
2. Variety……………..(to be filled by assayer) 3. Actual Picture of the lot…………( to be uploaded by assayer) 4. Criteria for Range designation
S.No.
Tradable parameters
Range-1
Range-2
Range-3
A
Primary
i
Moisture (% by wt) Max
10.0
12.0
12.0
ii
Extraneous matter % by wt. (Maximum)
0.5
1.5
2.0
iii
Insect damaged, broken kernels, % by wt. (Maximum)
3.0
4.0
5.0
B
Optional (Industrial/Processors)
iv
Volatile oil % content dry basis, (Minimum)
Not less than 7.5%
5. Sampling:
5 % or minimum one bag shall be randomly selected for sampling.
100 gm shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
100 gm shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample
6. Definitions:
Insect damages seed coat means the arils that partially or wholly bored by the insects.
