Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007Show full title

Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes

‘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 heading 2301 even if suitable for human consumption.’

CN code	Description	Qualification and explanation
(1)	(2)	(3)
2301	Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves	All, covers processed animal protein not for human consumption, meat meal not for human consumption, and greaves, whether or not for human consumption. Feather meal is covered in heading 0505. Specific requirements for processed animal protein are set out in Row 1 of Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
ex 2309	Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding	All, if containing products of animal origin, except subheadings 2309 90 20 and 2309 90 91. Covers, among other things, dog or cat food, put up for retail sale (subheading 2309 10), containing animal products and fish or marine mammal solubles (CN code 2309 90 10). Products for animal feeding purposes, including mixtures of meals (such as hoof and horn). This heading covers liquid milk, colostrum and products containing milk products, colostrum, or carbohydrates, all not fit for human consumption but for animal feeding. Covers pet food, dog chews and mixtures of meals, mixtures can include dead insects. Specific requirements for pet food including dog chews are set out in Row 12 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Covers egg products not for human consumption and other processed products of animal origin not for human consumption. Specific requirements for egg products are set out in Row 9 of Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.