BS ISO 3632-1:2011

This standard BS ISO 3632-1:2011 Spices. Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is classified in these ICS categories:

• 67.220.10 Spices and condiments

This part of ISO 3632 establishes specifications for dried saffron obtained from the pistils of Crocus sativus L. flowers.

It applies to saffron in both of the following forms:

1. filaments and cut filaments;

2. powder.

NOTE The saffron plant is depicted in Figure 1, the saffron flower in Figures 2 and 3, the saffron pistil in Figure 4, and some examples of floral waste in Figure 5.