What is BS EN 1672-1-Safety requirements for food processing machinery about?
BS EN 1672 is a European standard on food processing machinery that discusses the basic concept of safety requirements for food processing machinery to ensure protection against workplace hazards.
BS EN 1672-1 is the first part of the BS EN 1672 series that deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to commercial and industrial food processing machines as defined in Clause 3 when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
BS EN 1672-1 deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events that occur during transport, assembly and installation, commissioning, setting, teaching, programming, process changeover, operation, cleaning, fault finding and maintenance.
BS EN 1672-1 deal with those risks which occur commonly in food processing machines and for which common technical requirements can be set which can be applied at all (or most) machines that have that hazard.
Note1: BS EN 1672-1 is not applicable to the following machines:
- Food processing machines intended for domestic use
- Food processing machines covered by the machine-specific standards listed in Annex C
- Packaging machines
- Machines used in the agricultural and animal rearing sectors
BS EN 1672-1 does not deal with the hygiene risks to the consumer of the food product handled in the food processing machine. These risks are dealt with in EN 1672-2:2005+A1:2009.
Who is BS EN 1672-1-Safety requirements for food processing machinery for?
BS EN 1672-1 on safety requirements for food processing machinery is useful for:
- Food processing machinery manufacturers
- Food processing machinery designers
- Food processing machinery test personnel
- Occupational health and safety departments
- Risk assessment authorities
Why should you use BS EN 1672-1-Safety requirements for food processing machinery?
Food processing machines are used extensively in Europe, in domestic, catering and industrial applications. They present many health and safety hazards and have the potential to cause serious injury.
BS EN 1672-1 provides you with a list of significant hazards, mechanical hazards, risks arising from frequent operator intervention, risks that may arise from hygienic design features, slip, trip and fall hazards resulting from the design of the machine, electrical Hazards, electrostatic phenomena, safety requirements and protective measures.
The requirements provided by BS EN 1672-1 assist you in improving the quality and performance of food processing machinery and ensure protection to workers against the risk of mechanical hazards, electrical hazards, and hazards caused by high-pressure fluids.
With obedience and compliance to BS EN 1672-1, you can enhance the efficacy of the food processing machinery and manufacture a standardized product.
