December 31, 2020, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal Husbandry issued the group standard “Pepper”, which was formulated under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce's Seasoning Sub-Committee, with the participation of a number of domestic enterprises using peppercorns as the main production raw material, and the Sichuan Jiahe Original Flavor and Spice Company Limited (Ruzhi) is the core drafting unit of the standard.
Pepper is divided into scope, normative references, terms and definitions, pepper species classification and the main producing areas, quality and technical indicators, test methods, inspection rules, signs, packaging, storage and transportation, accessories and other ten chapters. The standard will be the country's existing size distribution of pepper varieties are divided into Maowen pepper, Sichuan pepper, Gansu pepper, Hancheng pepper, Shandong pepper, Yunnan green pepper, vine pepper and other seven categories. For different varieties of peppercorns specified in line with the actual situation of moisture, ash, essential oils, impurity content and other quality and technical indicators, the introduction of closed-eye pepper content, hemp content as a reference for the implementation of the agreed indicators, put forward the hemp detection method, has a strong guiding and operational.
With the use of pepper crushed products more and more widely, the standard also provides for the sensory and physical and chemical indicators of pepper crushed products. The health and safety indicators of peppercorns and crushed products are stipulated, and must meet the provisions of the national mandatory standards.
Group standard “pepper” release, pepper industry has a more applicable, more clear, more accurate, easy to implement, easy to popularize the unified standards, pepper adulteration, adulteration, the phenomenon of substandard, inconsistent standards will gradually be put an end to the industry's normal circulation and trade, processing and use of food safety has been guaranteed. Ltd. (Ruzhi) as the head of the spice industry, will adhere to the scientific and technological innovation to drive the development of the industry, and actively participate in the national standards, industry standards, the group standard making (revision), to promote the healthy development of China's spices and seasonings industry to make its due contribution.
