Live Clam Meal Paste
A fresh meal in paste form derived from live clams, ground while fresh for use in sushi or seafood spreads, fit for human consumption. Falls under HTS 0309.90.40 as a live, fresh, or chilled meal of molluscs intended for direct eating. The 'live' aspect refers to the starting material before minimal processing into meal.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If subjected to freezing
Freezing changes classification to the frozen category for mollusc meals, impacting perishability declarations.
If cooked, boiled, or preserved
Any cooking or preservation moves it to prepared/preserved molluscs in Chapter 16, not fresh flours.
If dried or dehydrated
Dried mollusc meals are vegetables/fruit dehydrated products, outside the aquatic fresh/chilled scope.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Maintain cold chain documentation from harvest to import to prove 'fresh/chilled' status and prevent duty disputes
• Label clearly as 'fit for human consumption' with nutritional info to comply with FDA import alerts on seafood
• Obtain shellfish harvest tags or certificates of origin to trace molluscs and meet traceability requirements
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