Star-anise trade begins with Illicium verum Hook. f. identity, style and analytical evidence—not the common name alone. Codex CXS 358-2024 covers star anise, also traded as badian, for direct consumption, food processing or repackaging and distinguishes whole, cut or broken, and ground or powdered styles; it excludes product intended for industrial processing. A comparable physical offer identifies Illicium verum, intended use, whole, cut or ground style, size designation and method where used, characteristic odour, flavour and colour, moisture, total and acid-insoluble ash, volatile oil where evaluated, dead and live insects, mammalian excreta, visible mould, insect-defiled or infested material, extraneous and foreign matter, stalks, microbiological, contaminant, mycotoxin and pesticide-residue evidence, country and region of origin and harvest, harvest, drying, grading and packing dates, lot, package and net weight, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and information vintage.
The figures below are current requirements from the FAO/WHO Codex Standard for Spices Derived from Dried or Dehydrated Fruits and Berries: Allspice, Juniper Berry and Star Anise, CXS 358-2024, reformatted in 2026. The standard defines food-use identity, style, chemistry, physical defects and labeling boundaries; it does not establish current lot availability, certify a shipment or provide a live delivered star-anise price.
CXS 358-2024 identifies star anise or badian as Illicium verum Hook. f. and covers dried or dehydrated spice offered for direct consumption, food processing or repackaging. Product intended for industrial processing is outside its scope, and exact species may be fixed by contract. Atlas retains botanical identity, intended use, origin and processing history before comparing quality, crop, price or trade records.
Codex recognizes whole, cut or broken, and ground or powdered star anise, while allowing another distinctly different style if it is labelled. Whole and cut product have a 10 percent moisture maximum; ground product has an 8 percent maximum. Minimum volatile oil of 7 millilitres per 100 grams on a dry basis is specified for whole star anise, while cut and ground entries are N/A—meaning not evaluated, not zero. Atlas keeps style, size basis, sample, method and test date attached to every result.
Across the listed star-anise styles, CXS 358-2024 caps total ash at 4 percent and acid-insoluble ash at 0.5 percent on a dry basis. The physical table separately controls dead and live insects, mammalian excreta, visible mould, insect-defiled or infested material, extraneous matter, foreign matter and stalks. Whole product allows at most 2 percent extraneous matter excluding stalks, 1 percent foreign matter and 3 percent stalks. Atlas does not collapse these distinct checks into one unexplained grade score.
Codex requirements establish identity and quality boundaries, not current availability or price. A delivered star-anise price still requires a defined botanical identity, intended use and style, current permitted physical observations, origin and harvest, analytical and defect results, lot quantity, package, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, freight, storage controls and information vintage. Atlas keeps any physical-price output unsupported when those fields or usage rights are missing.
CXS 358-2024 identifies star anise, also called badian, as Illicium verum Hook. f. The exact species, intended use and documentary identity should remain explicit in a trade lot.
No. Codex treats them as distinct styles with different moisture limits and different evaluated provisions. Style, particle or size basis and analytical evidence must travel with the lot.
It means that the form has not been evaluated for that provision and currently has no value. It does not mean zero, so Atlas does not convert an N/A entry into a passing result.
Illicium verum identity, intended use, whole, broken or ground style, size method where used, sensory condition, moisture, ash, volatile oil where evaluated, each insect, mould, excreta and matter finding, safety evidence, origin and harvest, drying and packing dates, lot, package, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.