BOILED HALF SHELL WHITE CLAM. LATIN NAME: MERETRIX LYRATA. THE CLAM HAS BEEN COOKED IN A COOKING-BELT (CHAMBER) FOR 7 TO 15 SECONDS AT A TEMPERATURE OF >100 DEGREES C. THE CLAMS ARE THEN COOLED BY A PORTABLE WATER SPRAY TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE < 50 DEGREES C. THE CLAMS ARE THEN SHUCKED BY HAND AND THEN WASHED. THE CLAMS ARE THEN FROZEN AND THEN GLAZED. NOT FOR PROCESSING.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 1605: CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, PREPARED OR PRESERVED. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 160556: CLAMS, COCKLES AND ARKSHELLS. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: HSEN TO HEADING 0307 NOTE 2 REFERS. HSEN TO HEADING 1605 REFERS.