What is BS EN 12043 - Safety and hygiene requirements of intermediate provers about?
BS EN 12043 is a European standard on food processing machinery that discusses the safety and hygiene of intermediate provers to ensure protection against machinery hazards.
BS EN 12043 specifies safety and hygiene requirements for the design and manufacture of intermediate provers with powered moving pocket carriers as described in Clause 3 and used in the food industry, pastry-making, bakeries, etc. for giving a resting time to dough between different phases of the process.
BS EN 12043 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events relevant to the installation, adjustment, operation, cleaning, maintenance, dismantling, disabling, and scrapping of intermediate provers with moving pocket carriers when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are foreseeable by the manufacturer.
Noise is not considered to be a significant hazard by intermediate provers. This does not mean that the manufacturer of the machine is absolved from reducing noise and making a noise declaration. Therefore, a noise test code is proposed in Annex A.
Note: The following machines are excluded from BS EN 12043:
- Independent automatic loading system not integrated with the machine
- Experimental and testing machines under development by the manufacturer
- Retarder and final proofer
Who is BS EN 12043 - Safety and hygiene requirements of intermediate provers for?
BS EN 12043 on the safety and hygiene requirements of intermediate provers is useful for:
- Intermediate prover manufacturers
- Intermediate prover designers
- Intermediate prover test personnel
- Intermediate prover maintenance personnel
- Health and safety departments
- Quality assurance departments
Why should you use BS EN 12043 - Safety and hygiene requirements of intermediate provers?
Hazards associated with working near or on machinery vary depending on the exact machine used but can include exposure to moving parts (e.g., risk of injuries from entanglement, friction, abrasion, cutting, severing, shearing, stabbing, puncturing, impact, crushing, drawing-in or trapping, etc.)
BS EN 12043 provides you guidance with a list of significant hazards, safety, and hygiene requirements and/or measures, mechanical hazards, electrical hazards, safety requirements related to electromagnetic phenomena, protection against flour dust emission, verification of safety and hygiene requirements and/or protective measures.
The requirements provided by BS EN 12043 assist you in improving the quality and performance of intermediate provers and ensure protection to workers against the risk of mechanical hazards, electrical hazards, hazards generated by neglecting hygienic design principles, hazards generated by neglecting ergonomic principles.
With obedience and compliance to BS EN 12043, you can enhance the efficacy of the intermediate provers and manufacture a standardized product.
What is changed since the last update?
BS EN 12043:2014 supersedes EN 12043:2000+A1:2010, which is withdrawn. BS EN 12043:2014 has made some technical changes compared to the previous editions EN 12043:2000+A1:2010. These include:
- Protective measures for the loading were modified
- Requirements for emergency stop were added
- Requirements for nip guards were stated more precisely
- Thermal hazards, lamps, and hazards generated by UV radiation were added
- The table of verification of safety and hygiene requirements was completely revised
