Food processing machinery. Filling machines and interchangeable equipment. Safety and hygiene requirements
Food processing machinery. Filling machines and interchangeable equipment. Safety and hygiene requirements
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What is BS EN 12463 about?
BS EN 12463 discusses food processing machinery. This European standard focuses on safety and hygiene requirements that the food processing industry should maintain to ensure the wellbeing of its employees and consumers. BS EN 12463 applies to filling machines with cylinder and piston, feed intake hopper, and vacuum hopper. BS EN 12463 applies to the interchangeable equipment for filling machines with which a wide range of additional functions can be implemented. For example: portioning, depositing, mincing, co-extruding, dividing, and forming. BS EN 12463 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events relevant to filling machines and interchangeable equipment, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer and the foreseeable misuse. Note: Filling and sealing machines as described in EN 415-3:1999+A1:2009 , clipping machines as described in EN 13885:2005+A1:2010 are not covered in BS EN 12463.
Who is BS EN 12463 for?
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