FROZEN WHOLE LOBSTER. SPECIES - HOMARUS AMERICANUS. LIVE LOBSTERS ARE PLACED IN A PRESSURIZATION UNIT FOR A 10 MINUTE CYCLE. THE PRESSURISATION PROCESS KILLS THE LOBSTER AND BREAKS THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE BETWEEN THE MEAT AND THE SHELL. THE RAW UNCOOKED LOBSTERS ARE THEN REMOVED FROM THE VESSEL AND A SMALL SUCTION TUBE IS INSERTED INTO THE LOBSTER TO REMOVED OR EVICERATE THE INEDIBLE STOMACH AND TAMALE. THE WHOLE LOBSTER IS THEN PACKAGED IN A PLASTIC POUCH AND VACUUM SEALED, NITROGEN FROZEN AND BOXED IN A MASTER CASE. SOLD IN PACKSWEIGHING 184G.

CLASSIFICATION DETERMINED AS PER GIRS 1, 5A AND 6. CN 03061210, 'FISH & CRUSTACEANS; CRUSTACEANS WHETHER IN SHELL OR NOT, FRESH OR NOT LIVE, FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN, DRIED, SALTED, OR IN BRINE...; FROZEN; LOBSTERS (HOMARUS SPP.); WHOLE'.