Salted, Dried, or Smoked Reptile Meat and Offal

Preserved reptile meat and offal — including edible flours and meals derived from reptiles — occupies a narrow but distinct niche in Chapter 2, covering species such as crocodilians and snakes processed by salting, brining, drying, or smoking. Many commercially traded reptile species are listed under CITES appendices, meaning that import permits from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and export documentation from the country of origin are prerequisites for lawful entry, entirely separate from any FSIS admissibility review. Classifying a product here rather than under the broader NESOI offal heading (021099) requires confirming that the source animal is definitively a reptile, which can require species-level documentation.

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