CLA-2-21:S:N:N1:228
Mr. David M. Blake
C.J. Tower, Inc.
128 Dearborn Street
Buffalo, NY 14207-3198
RE: The tariff classification of a food additive from Canada
Dear Mr. Blake:
In your letter dated December 10, 1991, on behalf of
Griffiths Laboratories, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, you
requested a tariff classification ruling.
A sample accompanied your letter, was examined and
disposed of. The product, "McDonald's McNugget Seasoning - B
QQQ," is a tan powder said to be composed of 47.36 percent corn
starch, 18.2 percent salt, 11.1 percent chicken meat, 8.9 percent
chicken fat, 7.1 percent autolyzed yeast, 4 percent sesame oil,
1.6 percent chicken broth, and less than one percent each of
spice, maltodextrin, lactic acid, spice extractive, and
tocopherol. This product will be added to meat (approximately 1.3
percent) in the preparation of a chicken nugget product.
The applicable subheading for the product will be
2106.90.6099, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for food preparations not elsewhere
specified or included...other... other...other. The duty rate
will be 10 percent ad valorem.
Goods classifiable under subheading 2106.90.6099, HTS,
which have originated in the territory of Canada, will be
entitled to a 6 percent ad valorem rate of duty under the United
States-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) upon compliance with all
applicable regulations.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of
Section 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of this ruling letter should be attached to the
entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported.
If the documents have been filed without a copy, this ruling
should be brought to the attention of the Customs officer
handling the transaction.
Sincerely,
Jean F. Maguire
Area Director
New York Seaport