ASSIGNMENT ON APPLICATION
IN TAMILNADU PACKAGING AND
LABELING OF SPICE POWDERS
Introduction:
India is know as the “Home of spices”.
Pepper is the king of spices and cardamom
is the queen of spices.
India contributes 75% of global spice
production.
But the small quantity of 6-7% exported
because one of the reason is improper
packaging.
In sup continent whole spices are bought
mostly in loose from, packaged spices are
being sold in cities.
Nature and deteriorative
characteristic:
Loss of aroma and flavour.
Blacking of colour.
Loss of free flowing nature.
Microbial spoilage.
Insect infestation.
Forms of spices:
Whole spices ( cardamom, black pepper,
clove, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, cassia).
Seed spices (celery, fennel, cumin,
fenugreek).
Powdered spices(turmeric, chillies, ginger).
Spice mixes (curry powders and masalas).
Paste(curry paste, ginger-garlic paste).
Concentrate (tamarind and concentrate).
Oil and oleoresins.
Packaging methods:
Bulk packaging
Traditionally jute bags are used for storage
of spices in ware house.
Capacity 10kg to 70kg.
Jute bags provided with a loose linear bag
of polyethylene.
Double gunny bags are also used
especially for whole pepper.
In the traditional package maximum loss
of volatile oils up to23% over a year.
But these have the problems of moisture
ingress and sifting.
The plastic based packaging materials
also used to overcome the contamination
problems associated with juice.
For some spices wooden and metal
containers lined with moisture barrier
materials are being used.
Polyester films:
Highly transparent.
Low moisture and gas premeability.
Prolonged shelf life of the contents of
aroma, flavour, and taste retention
Intermediate packages :
Some trades use institutional packs for
the requirements of institutions like
railways educational, air lines hostels
etc., for the use.
Capacities ranging from 2kg to 10kg.
The varieties of packages used include
laminated flexible pounches and
plastic woven sacks.
Units or consumer packages:
Whole spices are packed in 50kg
to1kg units in polyolefin pounches.
New brands are packed in PET/PE
laminate for good printability.
The packages types generally used as
consumer packs are:
Composite containers with dispensers.
Plastic containers with plugs and caps
with dispensing and tamper evidence
feature.
The printable flexible pouches have
recently become very popular.
The printable flexible pounches are
generally laminates of various
compositions some of the commonly
used laminates are:
Polyester/metalized polyester/<DPE.
Bopp/<DPE.
Bopp/metalized polyester/<DPE.
Polyester/AI foil/<DPE.