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Disinfect food with a tissue, pre-cooked (10)

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I believe the answer is:

pasteurise

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'disinfect food' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'a tissue pre-cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'a'+'tissue'+'pre'='atissuepre'
'atissuepre' anagrammed gives 'PASTEURISE'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for pasteurise that I've seen is " make milk sterile?".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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