SPICY COUSCOUS TAGINE THE PRODUCT IS A SPECIALISED FOOD FOR WEIGHT LOSS AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND IS USED AS PART OF A RANGE OF CALORIE CONTROLLED PROGRAMMES. THE PRODUCT IS A MEAL REPLACEMENT USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER FOODS AND MAY BE USED AS THE SOLE SOURCE OF NUTRITION (A VERY LOW CALORIES DIET). THE PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 96/8/EC ON FOODS INTENDED FOR USE IN ENERGY-RESTRICTED DIETS FOR WEIGHT REDUCTION AND HAS BEEN FORMULATED TO HAVE SPECIFIC NUTRITIONAL PROFILE. THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS IS DRY BLENDING OF POWDERS AND COMBINING THE POWDER WITH OTHER PARTICULATES IN A MULTICOMPONENT PACKING MACHINE INTO PAPER/FOIL/ LDPE SACHETS WHICH ARE PACKED IN CARTONS. THE PRODUCT IS ONLY SOLD VIA CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY THE COMPANY OR ITS DISTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE THE UK. THE SACHET SHOWS THE INGREDIENT LIST, NUTRITIONAL PROFILE AND MEDICAL INFORMATION FOR THE PRODUCT,

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 1902 - PASTA, WHETHER OR NOT COOKED OR STUFFED (WITH MEAT OR OTHER SUBSTANCES) OR OTHERWISE PREPARED, SUCH AS SPAGHETTI, MACARONI, NOODLES, LASAGNE, GNOCCHI, RAVIOLI, CANNELLONI; COUSCOUS, WHETHER OR NOT PREPARED. GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 190240 - COUSCOUS CN CODE 19024090 -PREPARED.