BS EN 13732:2002+A2:2009 Food processing machinery. Bulk milk coolers on farms Requirements for construction, performance, suitability for use, safety and hygiene
BS EN 13732 specifies requirements for design, construction, performance, suitability for use, safety and hygiene of refrigerated bulk bovine milk coolers and the related methods of test. It applies to refrigerated bulk milk tanks with air cooled condensing units and automatic control intended for installation on farms or at milk collecting points. It applies to tanks for two milkings (24 h), four milkings (48 h) and six milkings (72 h), in which the cooling takes place totally or partially within the tank.
Performance requirements do not apply to tanks where cooling does not take place totally within the tank, nor where the tank is associated with a continuous system of milking (e.g. milking with robot).
BS EN 13732 does not cover:
- Mobile tanks
- Tanks intended to be tilted for drainage
- Equipment for delivering the milk to the tank
- Equipment for pre-cooling or instant cooling of the milk.
Contents of BS EN 13732:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- List of significant hazards
- General
- Mechanical hazards
- Electrical hazards
- Hazards generated by materials and substances used
- Hazards generated by neglecting hygiene principles in design
- Hazards generated by neglecting ergonomic principles
- Hazard arising from unexpected start-up
- Requirements
- General
- Mechanical hazards
- Electrical hazards
- Hazards generated by materials and substances used
- Hygiene
- Ergonomics
- Unexpected start-up
- Other general requirements for tanks
- Additional requirements for special tanks
- Verification and tests
- Information for use
- General
- Instruction handbook for the user
- Instructions check list
- Installation and maintenance instructions
- Dismantling instructions
- Minimum marking
- Noise test code (Grade 2 of accuracy)
- Test for cooling, thermal insulation, mixing tests
- Test for cleanability
- Sampling methods for milk mixing tests
- Equipment and installation for the tests for cleanability required in annex C
- Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EC Directive 98/37CE$
- Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EC Directive 2006/42/CE$
- Bibliography
