ISO 6539:2014 specifies requirements for whole or ground (powdered) cinnamon, of the Sri Lankan, Madagascan and Seychelles types; this cinnamon is the bark of the tree or shrub Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume.

Recommendations relating to storage and transport conditions are given. [Note that requirements for cassia (Chinese type, Indonesian type and Vietnamese type) are given in ISO 6538.]