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Heading 1601

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products. - In cans or glass jars: - Of poultry of heading 01.05

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These sausages meet the terms of Legal Note 1 to Chapter 16 as they are further prepared beyond the processes specified in Chapter 2. Heading 16.01 specifically provides for "Sausages and similar products, of meat and meat offal or blood." In accordance with the explanatory notes to heading 16.01, the good consists of meat which has been enclosed in a casing with added seasoning and various...

Source: advance_ruling (C-2014-007525)

Sausages are specifically provided for in Chapter 16 "Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates". Explanatory Note 2 to Chapter 16 states in part, "Food preparations fall in this Chapter provided that they contain more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal….etc. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products...

Source: advance_ruling (C-2014-008781)

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products The fact that products may be considered to be ‘sausages and similar products’ for trade purposes is not a determining factor for the purposes of classification in this heading. Chopped or comminuted meat preparations which have become moulded into shape as a result of being packed in cans or...

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Of liver This subheading includes sausages and similar products containing liver, with or without the addition of meat, meat offal, fat, etc., provided that the liver gives the products their essential character. These products, generally cooked and sometimes smoked, are recognisable essentially by the characteristic taste of liver.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked This subheading covers uncooked sausages, provided that they have been matured (for example, by drying in the air) and are ready for immediate consumption. Such products can also be smoked, provided that the smoking does not cause a total coagulation of the albumins brought about by a heat treatment such as smoking at a high temperature. Consequently,...

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Other This subheading includes: 1.  sausages and the like, fresh, which have not undergone any maturing process; 2.  cooked sausages, for example, Frankfurter sausages, Strasbourg sausages, Vienna sausages, mortadellas, sausages made from chitterlings known as ‘andouilles’ and ‘andouillettes’, white puddings, black puddings and other similar specialities.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

&&Section 10 of the Customs Tariff directs that classification of imported goods shall be determined in accordance with the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System and the Canadian Rules set out in the schedule. Section 11 of the Customs Tariff states that in interpreting the headings and subheadings, regard shall be had to the World Customs Organization's (WCO)...

Source: advance_ruling (8000010779)

&&Section 10 of the Customs Tariff directs that classification of imported goods shall be determined in accordance with the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System. Section 11 of the Customs Tariff states that in interpreting the headings and subheadings, regard shall be had to the World Customs Organization's (WCO) Explanatory Notes to the Harmonized Commodity...

Source: advance_ruling (C-2017-005858)

Chapter 16 Notes (2)
1. 1. This Chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, as well as insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6 to Chapter 4 or in heading 05.04.
2. 2. Food preparations fall in this Chapter provided that they contain more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products mentioned above, it is classified in the heading of Chapter 16 corresponding to the component or components which predominate by weight. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of...

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