Annex
List: Approved cooking methods for cooked seeds
Effective 14 February 2022According to ISPM 32 seeds that have undergone any or a combination of the following processing methods are categorised as cooked seeds:
Commercial cooking process |
Description |
Additional information |
Cooking (roasting, boiling, frying) |
Preparing seeds for consumption by heating, primarily transforming the physical structure of the seeds |
Involves chemically transforming a food, thus changing its flavour, texture, appearance, or nutritional properties |
Sugar coating |
Action of coating seeds with sugar |
Usually applied as a syrup and can be combined with other cooking processes. |