A LAMINATED STRIP DESIGNED TO PRESERVE FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. MADE FROM A SPECIAL EXPANDED CLAY TO GIVE IT THE SPECIAL PROPERTIES FOR ETHYLENE ABSORPTION. ETHYLENE GAS IS AN UNWANTED RIPENING HORMONE PRODUCED BY THREE QUARTERS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, LEADING TO PREMATURE SPOILAGE. THE CLAY IS PROTECTED BY A WATERPROOF AND GAS PERMEABLE POLYETHYLENE JACKET SO THAT IT CAN BE PRESENTED TO VARIOUS FOOD PACKAGINGS.

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 6806 SLAG-WOOL, ROCK-WOOL AND SIMILAR MINERAL WOOLS; EXFOLIATED VERMICULITE, EXPANDED CLAYS, FOAMED SLAG AND SIMILAR EXPANDED MINERAL MATERIALS; MIXTURES AND ARTICLES OF HEAT-INSULATING, SOUND-INSULATING OR SOUND-ABSORBING MINERAL MATERIALS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 6811 OR 6812 OR OF CHAPTER 69. GIR 3B HAS BEEN USED AS THE EXPANDED CLAY IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 680620 EXFOLIATED VERMICULITE, EXPANDED CLAYS, FOAMED SLAG AND SIMILAR EXPANDED MINERAL MATERIALS (INCLUDING INTERMIXTURES THEREOF) CN CODE 68062010 EXPANDED CLAYS ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:- HSENS TO HEADING 2508 (D) REFERS