ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 21300 First edition 2019-03 Traditional Chinese medicine : Guidelines and specification for Chinese materia medica Medecine traditionnelle chinoise Lignes directrices et spécification relatives aux matieres médicales chinoises Reference number ISO 21300:2019(E) so @ IS0 2019 IS0 21300:2019(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ ISO 2019 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +4122 749 0111 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2019 - All rights reserved IS0 21300:2019(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Requirements 2 4.1 Total ash .2 4.2 Sulfated ash .2 4.3 Ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid. 2 4.4 Heavymetals .2 4.5 Foreign matter. 2 4.6 Identification .2 4.7 Pesticide residues. .2 4.8 Sulfur dioxide. .2 4.9 Aflatoxin .3 5 Indicators of the specification .3 5.1 Origin .3 5.2 Growing method .3 5.3 Medicinal parts 4 5.4 Harvesttime ..4 5.5 Primary processing. 4 5.6 Extraneous matter rate 5.7 Morphology 5 5.7.1 Individual number per 500 g ..5 5.7.2 Length per piece .6 5.7.3 Thickness per piece .6 5.7.4 Diameter per piece. .7 5.7.5 Colour .7 6 Marking, labelling, packaging, transport and storage .8 6.1 Marking and labelling .8 6.2 Packaging. .8 6.3 Transport and storage ..8 Bibliography .9 @ IS0 2019 - All rights reserved iii