DEPB benefit entitlement allowed where only minimal preservative use is shown; pending scrip verifications to be completed promptly. Where investigations conclusively establish no use of chemicals or preservatives, adjudication proceedings shall continue; where evidence shows only a meagre percentage of such use, exporters otherwise eligible shall be permitted the DEPB benefit and all pending DEPB scrip verifications, registrations and provisional assessments for those cases must be completed immediately, with administrative guidance and trade notice to be issued.