PIECES OF BRINJAL ALSO CALLED EGG PLANT OR AUBERGINE, PROVISIONALLY PREPARED IN BRINE PRODUCT IMPORTED IN BULK FOR FOOD MANUFACTURERS OF INDIAN FOODS. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CONSUMPTION WITHOUT FURTHER PROCESSING. INGREDIENTS INCLUDE BRINJAL 85%, SALT 13%, ACETIC ACOD 2%. THE BRINJALS ARE BRINED RAW AND NOT HEAT TREATED. ANALYSIS FOUND THE PRODUCT EXTREMELY SALTY AND WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION.

CLASSIFICATION IS DETERMINED ACCORDING TO GIRS 1 AND 6 OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE. CN 0711908080 FOR OTHER Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption