This heading covers :
(1) Flours and meals, unfit for human consumption, obtained by processing either the whole animal (including poultry, marine mammals, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates) or animal products (such as meat or meat offal) other than bones, horns, shells, etc. These products (obtained mainly from slaughter houses, floating factories which process fishery products, canning or packing industries, etc.) are usually steam‑heated and pressed or treated with a solvent to remove oil and fat. The resultant product is then dried and sterilised by prolonged heating, and finally ground. The heading also covers the above products in the form of pellets (see the General Explanatory Note to this Chapter). The flours, meals and pellets of this heading are used mainly in animal feeding, but may also be used for other purposes (e.g., as fertilisers). (2) Greaves, the membraneous tissues remaining after pig or other animal fats have been rendered. They are used mainly in the preparation of animal foods (e.g., dog biscuits), but they remain in the heading even if suitable for human consumption.
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