BS 7087-22:1995

This standard BS 7087-22:1995 Herbs and spices ready for food use is classified in these ICS categories:

• 67.220.10 Spices and condiments

This Part of BS 7087 specifies requirements for dried mustard seeds processed for food use and derived from one or more of the species/sub-species of the following annual plants:

– Sinapis alba L.	also known as Brassica hirta Moench: white or yellow mustard;
– Brassica juncea Czernajew	brown mustard or Oriental mustard;
– Brassica nigra Koch	black mustard.

This Part of BS 7087 also specifies requirements for dried ground mustard seeds derived from whole mustard seeds conforming to this standard.

This Part of BS 7087 does not apply to mustard powder (mustard compound) which is a blend of ground mustard with wheatflour/colour/spices, etc. for reconstitution with water as a “table mustard paste”.

NOTE Additional information on further requirements that may be specified in purchase contracts is given in Annex C.