Spicy Gouda Stuffed Peppers
Mini sweet peppers filled with spicy Gouda cheese blend and baked. The cheese filling processed from Gouda qualifies 0406.90.88.00 despite vegetable exterior. Cheese provides essential character.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If peppers provide principal character
Vegetable products stuffed with minor cheese fillings classify by vegetable
If canned rather than fresh
Preserved stuffed peppers use frozen vegetable subheading
If breaded exterior coating
Battered/stuffed appetizers classify as prepared foods
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Calculate duty on cheese content value only; provide filling composition certificates; FDA acidified food registration needed
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