THE PRODUCT IS IMPORTED IN BULK POWDER FORM. IT IS A PRODUCT WHICH CONSISTS OF 100% MICROBIAL FREEZE DRIED CULTURES. COMPOSITION: LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS (CULTURE 21) AND LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS (CULTURE 60). IN ADDITION TO THE CULTURES IT WILL ALSO CONTAIN CRYOPROTECTANTS (TREHALOSE, MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE AND DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE) WHICH ARE ADDED ONLY TO PROVIDE LONG TERM STABILITY FOR THE ORGANISMS DURING TRANSPORT AND UNTIL FURTHER MANUFACTURING OCCURS AFTER IMPORTATION. PACKAGED IN 20 KG HIGH BARRIER FOIL LAMINATE BAGS.AFTER IMPORTATION, IT WILL BE COMBINED WITH NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS IT CONTAINS NO SUGAR, STARCH OR MILKFAT. IT IS A FREEZE-DRIED PROBIOTIC POWDER WHITE TO CREAM COLOUR IN APPEARANCE.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRs) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3002 - HUMAN BLOOD; ANIMAL BLOOD PREPARED FOR THERAPEUTIC, PROPHYLACTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC USES; ANTISERA, OTHER BLOOD FRACTIONS AND IMMUNOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT MODIFIED OR OBTAINED BY MEANS OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES; VACCINES, TOXINS, CULTURES OF MICRO-ORGANISMS (EXCLUDING YEASTS) AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 300290 - OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED WITHIN THIS HEADING CN CODE 30029050 - CULTURES OF MICRO-ORGANISMS TARIC CODE 3002905090 - OTHER THAN PATHOGENS AND CULTURES OF PATHOGEN ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CNENs 30029050 that refer to the HS Explanatory Note to heading 3002, (D),(3).The HSENs note describes "Cultures of microorganism excluding yeast as follows: "These include ferments such as lactic ferments used in the preparation of milk derivatives ( kaphir, yoghurt, lactic acid) and acetic ferments for making vinegar; moulds for the manufacture of penicillin and other antibiotics; and cultures of microorganisms for technical purposes (e.g for aiding plant growth)" G