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EP 0 783 251 A2

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(43) Date of publication: 16.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/29 (21) Application number: 95935021.0 (22) Date of filing: 28.09.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A23F 5/ 46( . ) A23L 1/ 22( . ) C11B 9/ 00( . ) A23F 5/ 48( . ) A23L 1/ 221( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/011967 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/009773 (04.04.1996 Gazette 1996/15)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 29.09.1994 US 19940314909 (71) Applicant: McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED Sparks, MD 21152-6000 (US)	(72) Inventors: FULGER, Charles V. Cockeysville, MD 21030 (US) POPPLEWELL, Lewis M. Cockeysville, MD 21030 (US) (74) Representative: Dubois-Chabert, Guy, et al  Société de Protection des Inventions 25, rue de Ponthieu 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)