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New draft technical regulation on vanilla

Madagascar

Oct 10, 2024

The General Directorate of Trade attached to the Ministry of Industrialization has published the Draft Technical Regulation on vanilla intended for marketing on the local and/or export market.

This draft Order concerns all forms of vanilla: pods, seeds and powder belonging to the species Vanilla fragrans (Salisbury) Ames syn. Vanilla planifolia Andrews. It includes the physico-chemical characteristics that all these forms of vanilla must meet, including water content, vanillin content and pod length. It also gives information on packaging, packing, storage, sampling and control. A list of applicable definitions as well as test methods can be found in the appendix.

 

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