MUSSEL OIL. PRODUCT IS A DARK BROWN OIL. THE PRODUCT IS AN EXTRACT OF MUSSEL MEAT OF THE NEW ZEALAND GREEN LIPPED MUSSEL (PERNA CANALICULUS), WHERE THE MEAT IS EXTRACTED FROM THE SHELL, THEN , DRIED INTO A POWDER. THE OIL IS THEN SOLVENT EXTRACTED FROM THIS DRIED MUSSEL MEAT POWDER. THIS OIL WHICH IS HIGH IN OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS IS PRESENTED IN BOTTLES RANGING FROM 1 KG TO 5 KGS AND IS USED AS AN ANTI - INFLAMMATORY FOR TREATING ARTHRITIS. THERE ARE NO OTHER ADDITIVES PRESENT IN THE OIL OTHER THAN A SMALL AMOUNT OF ANTI-OXIDANT.

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 1506 - OTHER ANIMAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED. GIR 5 B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HSEN GENERAL NOTES TO CHAPTER 15 HSENS TO HEADING 1506