US PATENT SUBCLASS 426 / 399-- .~.~.~ Including delivery of pasteurized or sterilized food material to container, e.g., aseptic, etc.

US PATENT SUBCLASS 426 / 399
.~.~.~ Including delivery of pasteurized or sterilized food material to container, e.g., aseptic, etc.

Current as of: June, 1999
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426 /	HD	FOOD OR EDIBLE MATERIAL: PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS, AND PRODUCTS

665	DF	PROCESSES {25}
392	DF	.~ Packaging or treatment of packaged product {6}
397	DF	.~.~ In rigid liquid impermeable container, e.g., can, bottle, etc. {7}
399		.~.~.~ Including delivery of pasteurized or sterilized food material to container, e.g., aseptic, etc. {2}
400	DF	.~.~.~.~> Including prior concentration of food material
401	DF	.~.~.~.~> And subsequent heat treatment of sealed package

DEFINITION

Classification: 426/399

(under subclass 397) Processes involving the delivery of a pretreated food to a container and wherein said pretreatment has reduced the microbiological load of the food, e.g., pasteurization, commercial sterilization, etc..

(1) Note. Sterilization includes within its meaning commercial sterilization which is the treatment of a food to the extent necessary to preserve it in a normal canning process.

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236, for a method of treating a gas by electrical or wave energy and then contacting a food with said treated gas.

237+, for the direct application of electrical or wave energy to a food.

312, for contacting a food with an exteriorly applied gas, in particular subclass 316 for a packaging method or treatment.

321+, for a process for inhibiting chemical or physical change of a food by contacting the food with a change inhibiting chemical agent, in particular subclasses 324+ for a method involving packaging. 521+, for the heat treatment of a food to effect sterilization or pasteurization.