ABSTRACT
The commercial specifications of seed spices crops are colour, appearance, taste, pungency, texture, shape, volatile oil and packaging. The general commercial requirements for seed spices crops. Developed countries are the major markets for seed spices export and they have their own stringent food laws and regulations. National standards bodies are established to create national standards and codes of practice, lay down procedures for quality control and testing, and establish certification and marking schemes. Seed spices crops are valued for their peculiar flavour and harvesting stage plays a major role in detaining the flavour which adds to the quality. The moisture content of seed spices is normally more than 20 per cent at the harvest, which is reduced to 14 per cent for threshing. The value addition at farm level is must because of major deterioration and post harvest losses take places at this stage.
