Nutmeg is a tropical evergreen tree (family Myristicaceae) and the spice made of its seed. The spice nutmeg has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm slightly sweet taste; it is used to flavour many kinds of baked goods, confections, puddings, potatoes, meats, sausages, sauces, vegetables, and such beverages as eggnog. The fleshy arils surrounding the nutmeg seed are the source of the spice mace. Nutmeg whole shall be packed in clean, sound and dry jute and cotton bags or in pouches made of food grade plastic. Nutmeg powder shall be packed in new, clean sound and dry containers made of tin, glass or in pouches made of laminated/extrusioned/metallized multilayer food grade plastic materials.