.~ Cooling, freezing, or treating cooled or frozen product, e.g., thawing, etc.
DEFINITION
Classification: 426/524
(under subclass 230) Processes involving (1) the lowering of the temperature of the food material to below ambient room temperature, or (2) the treatment of a food material whose temperature is below ambient room temperature.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
393, for the treatment of a package whose temperature is below 32 deg. F.
418+, for a cold storage method other than a method of storing a solid food in a frozen condition.