EN 15861:2012

Food processing machinery - Smokehouses - Safety and hygiene requirements EN 15861:2012

Publication date:   Aug 15, 2012

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90.60 Close of review   Dec 2, 2017

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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1.1 Requirements
This European Standard specifies safety and hygiene requirements for the design and manufacture of smokehouses for commercial use.
The machines covered by this standard are used for the smoking of foodstuffs, especially meat, fish or similar products, as well as the connected heating and cooling processes.
Smokehouses consist of the following elements:
- Smoke chamber with equipment;
- Air handling system;
- Smoke generator;
- Pipes and ducts;
- Cleaning systems.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events and hygiene requirements relevant to smokehouses when they are used as intended and under reasonably foreseeable conditions of misuse.
This European Standard deals with the hazards which can arise during the whole life of smokehouses.
This document is not applicable to smokehouses which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.
1.2 Types
This European Standard covers the following types of smokehouses and installations:
- Smokehouses with friction smoke generator;
- Smokehouses with steam smoke generator;
- Smokehouses with liquid smoke generator;
- Smokehouses with saw dust and wood chip smoke generators;
- Smokehouses with one or several smoke chambers for batch production;
- Smokehouses for continous production.
This European Standard does not cover automatic production.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

98/37/EC

Machinery

2006/42/EC

Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)

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EN 15861:2012
90.60 Close of review
Dec 2, 2017