(under the class definition) Subject matter involving a process of destroying or neutralizing a material (usually chemical) which has been added to protect the food from injury due to fungi, insects, bacteria, herbicides, etc..
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478+, for a process including the step of cleaning food.
506+, for a process including a step of cleaning food using water.
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134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses for the process of cleaning foods, per se, by the removal of natural occurring material, e.g., dirt, smut, etc..