DRIED NORI SEAWEED WASABI NORI SEAWEED SHEETS (REFORMED) CAMPDEN BRI REFERENCE: CE/148123/002 (234762) A 250G RESEALABLE PACK OF WASABI SUSHI NORI SEAWEED. THESE ARE THIN BRITTLE, DARK GREEN COLOURED SHEETS WITH A METALLIC SHEEN WHICH HAD AN ODOUR CONSISTENT WITH SEAWEED. WHEN VIEWED UNDER THE COMPOUND MICROSCOPE FEATURES CONSISTENT WITH NORI WERE SEEN. WHEN PLACED IN 150 ML OF WATER FOR 15 MINUTES THE SEAWEED DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY. ANALYSIS FOUND <0.2% SUCROSE, 0.2% SALT, 4.7% FAT, 2.6% MOISTURE AND 50.6% PROTEIN. THE SEAWEED IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SUSHI PRODUCTS AND ONIGIRI (RICE BALLS). THE PRODUCT WAS DESCRIBED AT IMPORT AS ROASTED SEAWEED AND THE PRODUCT SPECIFICATION PRESENTED AT THE TIME ALSO SAYS ROASTED SEAWEED. HOWEVER, NO ROASTING PROCESS COULD BE DETECTED AND NO ADDED FAT FROM ROASTING COULD BE FOUND.

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 1212 - LOCUST BEANS, SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE, SUGAR BEET AND SUGAR CANE, FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND; FRUIT STONES AND KERNELS AND OTHER VEGETABLE PRODUCTS (INCLUDING UNROASTED CHICORY ROOTS OF THE VARIETY CICHORIUM INTYBUS SATIVUM) OF A KIND USED PRIMARILY FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING - 250g RESEALABLE PACK. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 121221 - SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE - FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HARMONISED SYESTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSENs) TO 1212 (A) SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE