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?
BS EN 12463 on safety and hygiene requirements of food processing machinery is useful for:
- Manufacturers of food processing machines
- Food processing industry
- Food packaging industry
- Quality control personnel
Why should you use BS EN 12463?
Many hazards and hazardous situations and events can arise during all the life phases including transportation, assembly, dismantling, disabling, and scrapping of filling machines and interchangeable equipment. These accidents can disrupt your operations or in some cases may also challenge the safety of your employees.
BS EN 12463 helps you to identify all significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events relevant to filling machines and interchangeable equipment. BS EN 12463 provides you with the necessary cleaning and hygiene guidelines and identifies zones and components of filling machines and their interchangeable equipment that requires regular cleaning.
BS EN 12463 enables you to run your packaging operation efficiently while upholding the safety and hygiene standards of the industry.
What is changed since the last update?
BS EN 12463:2021 supersedes EN 12463:2014. BS EN 12463:2021 includes some technical changes with respect to EN 12463:2014. These include:
- Types of filling machines and interchangeable equipment are clarified
- Normative reference, tables, verification list, table of performance level required implemented, structure improved and clearer
