SIST EN 12853:2002

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Food processing machinery - Hand-held blenders and whisks - Safety and hygiene
requirements
Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Handmixer und Handrührer - Sicherheits- und
Hygieneanforderungen
Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Batteurs et fouets portatifs - Prescriptions
relatives a la sécurité et a l'hygiene
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12853:2001
ICS:
67.260 Tovarne in oprema za Plants and equipment for the
živilsko industrijo food industry
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 12853
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2001
ICS 67.260
English version
Food processing machinery - Hand-held blenders and whisks -
Safety and hygiene requirements
Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Batteurs et fouets Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Handmixer und Handrührer -
portatifs - Prescriptions relatives à la sécurité et à l'hygiène Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 20 April 2001.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official
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Contents
Foreword.3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .5
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions – Description.7
4 List of hazards.8
5 Safety and hygiene requirements and/or measures .9
6 Verification of safety and hygiene requirements and/or measures.15
7 Information for use .16
Annex A (normative) Noise test code for hand-held blenders and whisks (Grade 2 of accuracy).18
Annex B (normative) Principles of design to ensure the cleanability of hand-held blenders and whisks.21
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship of this document with the EC Directives .30
Bibliography .31

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Foreword
This European Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 153 "Food processing machinery -
Safety and hygiene specifications", the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or
by endorsement, at the latest by November 2001, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest
by November 2001.
It is one of a series of standards on the design and construction of machines used in catering:

vegetable cutting machines;

catering attachments for machines having an auxiliary drive hub;

food processors and blenders;

hand-held blenders and whisks;

beam mixers;

salad dryers;

vegetable peelers;

cooking kettles equipped with stirrer and/or mixer.
This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EC Directive(s).
For relationship with EC Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this standard.
The annexes A and B are normative.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Introduction
The use of hand-held blenders and whisks generates various mechanical or other hazards.
Their extensive use justifies the need for a standard covering both safety and the hazards to food hygiene arising
from machine design, complementary to prEN 1672-1:1994 and EN 1672-2:1997, which state common
requirements for food processing machines.
This European standard has been prepared t to be a harmonised standard to provide one means of conformity with
the essential safety and hygiene requirements of the Machinery Directive and associated EFTA Regulations.
This European standard is a type C standard as stated in EN 1070:1998.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered are
indicated in the scope of this standard.
When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B standards, the
provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other standards, for machines that
have been designed and built according o the provisions of this type C standard.

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1 Scope
1.1 This European standard specifies the safety and hygiene requirements for the design and manufacture of
hand-held blenders and whisks used in the commercial and institutional catering, and in food shops.
The term "hand-held blenders" is used to refer to the equipment covered by this standard.
The machines covered by this standard are hand-held appliances whose tool is intended to process a foodstuff in a
container. Tools are designed to crush, mix, mash, emulsify, etc. foodstuffs such as vegetables into soups,
mashes, purees, sauces, mayonnaise, cream, dairy products and more generally to process all solid, liquid, pasty
or powdery foodstuffs to obtain a homogeneous fluid.
These appliances are designed to process up to 100 l of food in one operation.
This standard applies to the following machines, according to their weight and to the operating modes required by
their intended use:

manually operated machines, using one or both hands, actuated throughout the whole operation (see figure 1);

machines operating resting on the bottom of the container (see figure 2);

machines fixed to or placed on a special support which can be fitted to the container (see figure 3). The
support acts as a substitute for the operator for operations that take a long time or for food processing which
may present risks of burns (steam or splashes).

Figure 1
Manually operated machine Figure 2
Free-standing machine Figure 3
Fixed machine
It applies when such machines are operated under the intended conditions of use as defined in 3.12 of EN 292-
1:1991 and stated in the instruction handbook (see 7.1), including cleaning, removal of jammed food, feeding and
changing the cutting device.
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1.2 This standard does not apply to:

domestic machines;

vertical crushers, sieves mounted on trolleys and beam mixers (beam mixers are covered by
prEN 12854:1997).
1.3 This standard covers significant hazards at such machines, as identified by risk assessment (see
EN 1050:1996), which are listed in clause 4 of this standard. In addition machinery shall comply as appropriate
which EN 292 and prEN 1672-1:1994 for hazards which are not covered by this standard.
1.4 Noise is not considered to be a significant hazard for hand-held blenders and whisks. This does not mean that
the manufacturer of these machines is absolved from reducing noise and making a noise declaration. Therefore a
noise test code is proposed in Annex A.
Vibrations are not considered to be a significant hazard for these machines and no test method is given.
1.5 This standard applies primarily to machines which are manufactured after its date of issue.
2 Normative references
This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications. These
normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed hereafter. For
dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European
Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the
publication referred to applies (including amendments).
EN 292-1:1991, Safety of machinery : Basic concepts, general principles for design - Part 1 : Basic terminology,
methodology.
EN 292-2:1991, Safety of machinery : Basic concepts, general principles for design - Part 2 : Technical principles
and specifications
.
EN 292-2:1991/A1:1995, Safety of machinery : Basic concepts , general principles for design - Part 2 : Technical
principles and specifications.
EN 294:1992, Safety of machinery - Safety distances to prevent danger zones being reached by the upper limbs.
Safety of machinery - Temperatures of touchable surfaces - Ergonomics data to establish
EN 563:1994,
temperature limit values for hot surfaces.
Safety of machinery - Ergonomic design principles - Part 1 : Terminology and general principles.
EN 614-1:1995,
EN 953:1997, Safety of machinery - General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable
guards.
EN 1070:1998, Safety of machinery – Terminology.
Food processing machinery - Basic concepts - Part 1 : Safety requirements.
prEN 1672-1:1994,
EN 1672-2:1997, Food processing machinery - Basic concepts - Part 2 : Hygiene requirements.
Electromagnetic compatibility - Generic emission standard - Part 1 : Residential, commercial
EN 50081-1:1992,
and light industry.
Electromagnetic compatibility - Generic emission standard - Part 2 : Industrial environment.
EN 50081-2:1993,
EN 50082-1:1992, Electromagnetic compatibility - Generic immunity - Part 1 : Residential, commercial and light
industry.
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EN 61000-6-2:1999, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 6-2: Generic standards-Immunity for industrial
environment (IEC 61000-6-2:1999).
EN 60204-1:1997, Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 1 : General requirements
(IEC 60204-1:1997).
EN 60529:1991, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP code) (IEC 60529:1989).
EN 60947-2:1995, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 2 : Circuit – breakers (IEC 60947-2:1995).
EN ISO 3744:1995, Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound pressure –
Engineering method in an essentially free field over a reflecting plane (ISO 3744:1994).
EN ISO 4871:1996, Acoustics - Declaration and verification of noise emission values of machinery and equipment
(ISO 4871:1996).
EN ISO 11201:1995, Acoustics - Noise emitted by machinery and equipment – Measurement of emission sound
pressure levels at the work station and at other specified positions - Engineering method in an essentially free field
over a reflecting plane (ISO 11201:1995).
ISO 468:1982, Surface roughness - Parameters, their values and general rules for specifying requirements.
3 Terms and definitions – Description
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this standard, the terms and definitions given in EN 1070:1998 and the following terms and
definitions apply.
3.1.1
blender
machine for crushing and pulverizing, equipped with a cutting tool composed of highspeed rotating blades which
may be sharp and/or perforated
The rotating tool is located at the end of a shaft immersed in the processed food for progressively blending the food
bulk.
3.1.2
whisk
machine for beating and emulsifying, equipped with tool composed of flexible and long wires gathered together
around one or several rotating shaft(s). The tool operates with a large part of its length immersed in the processed
food.
3.2 Description
Depending on the type of processing, the usual length of the operation may vary from a few seconds to more than
ten minutes. Operation is designed to be discontinuous.
The rated power of hand-held blenders is usually less than 500 W.
The weight of these appliances is usually less than 10 kg.
Hand-held blenders usually consist of (see figure 4):
a) a body (1) which contains or supports:

a motor and its transmission (2);

one or several control devices, e.g : on/off control, variable speed drive, selector (3);

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one or several handles (4);

one or several food processing tools/attachments which can be either fixed or removable (5).
b) where applicable, a support which can be fitted to a range of containers (6).
Figure 4 — Description of a hand-held blender
4 List of hazards
This standard covers the significant hazards related to inte
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