EN 13954:2005

Food processing machinery - Bread slicers - Safety and hygiene requirements EN 13954:2005

Publication date:   Nov 25, 2005

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99.60 Withdrawal effective   Mar 3, 2010

CEN

CEN/TC 153 Machinery intended for use with foodstuffs and feed

European Norm

67.260   Plants and equipment for the food industry

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Scope

1.1 This document specifies safety and hygiene requirements for the design and manufacture of bread slicing machines of type 1 and 2 as defined in Clause 3.
The intended use of these machines is to cut baked bread into slices.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to bread slicers machines, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
This document covers requirements for the safe operation of the machine including: loading, cutting, unloading, cleaning, crumb removal and maintenance.
These machines can be manually or automatically operated.
1.2 The following machines are excluded from the scope of this document:
- experimental and testing machines under development by the manufacturer;
- frame cutter machines with multiple blades moving horizontally;
- domestic appliances and machines intended for use by the general public;
- machines with horizontal circular cutting systems;
- rectangular cutting machines for cutting or sawing of panel size products into small pieces.
The significant hazards covered by this document are described in Clause 4.
1.4 In writing this document, it has been assumed that the bread slicers falling within the scope are operated only by trained personnel and that the machines are not intended to be cleaned with water jet.
1.5 This document applies to bread slicing machines which are manufactured before the date of publication by CEN of this document.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

98/37/EC

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