The Spices Board is the

Indian government The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

regulatory and export promotion agency for Indian

spice A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish. Spice ...

s headed by a Chairman, rank equivalent to Joint Secretary to Government of India. The board is headquartered in

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

. Presently, Shri A G Thankappan is the Chairman of Spices Board . Spices Board was constituted in under Spices Board Act 1986 with the responsibility of production/development of cardamom and export promotion of 52 spices shown in the schedule of the Act. The board has a state-of-the-art testing laboratory at its headquarters in Kochi. There are also regional laboratories at

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and Guntur. Through the laboratories, the Spices Board makes mandatory quality checks for spices exported from India. The Spices Board has an outlet next to its headquarters in Kochi. Spices are sold under the brand 'Flavourit'. The Spices Board of India has started an online campaign, called the Spice Train, to educate Indians about the country's rich spice heritage Spices Board provides information on several spices grown and exported from India The Spice Park of Spices Board India for

cardamom Cardamom (), sometimes cardamon or cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera ''Elettaria'' and ''Amomum'' in the family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia. They are r ...

and

pepper Pepper or peppers may refer to: Food and spice * Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plant ** Black pepper * ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae ** Bell pepper ** Chili ...

is situated at Puttady.Spices Park
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References

External links

Official website

Spice Board Registration
Indian spices Commodity markets in India Export promotion agencies of India Companies based in Kochi Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India) Commodity markets in Kerala Government agencies established in 1987 1987 establishments in Kerala {{India-company-stub