EN 12331:2003/A1:2005
(Amendment)Food processing machinery - Mincing machines - Safety and hygiene requirements
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Food processing machinery - Mincing machines - Safety and hygiene requirements
Immediate publication following approval by BT C097/2004.
Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Wölfe - Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen
Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Hachoirs - Prescriptions relatives à la sécurité et à l'hygiène
Stroji za predelavo hrane – Stroji za mletje mesa – Varnostne in higienske zahteve
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2005
Stroji za predelavo hrane – Stroji za mletje mesa – Varnostne in higienske zahteve
Food processing machinery - Mincing machines - Safety and hygiene requirements
Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Wölfe - Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen
Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Hachoirs - Prescriptions relatives a la sécurité
et a l'hygiene
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12331:2003/A1:2005
ICS:
67.260 Tovarne in oprema za Plants and equipment for the
živilsko industrijo food industry
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 12331:2003/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2005
ICS 67.260
English Version
Food processing machinery - Mincing machines - Safety and
hygiene requirements
Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Hachoirs - Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Wölfe - Sicherheits- und
Prescriptions relatives à la sécurité et à l'hygiène Hygieneanforderungen
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 12331:2003; it was approved by CEN on 12 December 2004.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this
amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such
national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Nethe
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7) having hole plate diameter ≤ 106 mm;
8) a worm casing set which is removable without using any tools;
9) the weight of the worm casing set ≤ 15 kg;
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Filling machines with vacuum hoppers are to be switched on and off by lever switches operated by knee or hand and/or by remote control signals.
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- gravity feed slicing machine (see Figure 2).
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These machines are not intended to be cleaned with pressurized water.
1.2 This European Standard is not applicable to the following:
- experimental and testing machines, under development by the manufacturer;
- weighing devices;
- pressure dough dividers, without a feed hopper, using knives for the dividing process;
- lines with separate cutting or forming elements outside the housing;
- lifting and tilting machines ) or other separate feeding machines;
- additional hazards generated when the machine is used in a line or mechanically feed.
1.3 A noise test code is included in Annex A to assist manufacturers to measure noise levels for the purpose of the noise emission declaration.
1.4 This European Standard is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before its publication as EN.
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