The DTI-Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) will subject the proposed Amendment to the Rules and Regulations Concerning its Product Certification Scheme to public consultation/s this 23 August 2016. The Bureau also welcomes position papers regarding this draft.
Scientific name: pistacia vera kerman. Pistachios are the seeds of a medium sized tree native to Iran, Syria, Greece, Turkey, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. They are also called the green nut.
1. the thick-shelled edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, esp. of Corylus avellana, of Europe. 2. a tree or shrub bearing such nuts. [1250â1300; Middle English, short for filbert nut, so called because ripe by Aug. 22 (St. Philbert's day)]