scope:

This Standard covers portion cutting machines and accessories.This European Standard does not apply to automatic industrialslicing machines (see prEN 16743) and band saw machines (see EN12268). This Standard defines requirements for the design andmanufacture of portion cutting machines. The machines covered bythis European Standard are used for continuous portioning of fresh,smoked or frozen meat with and without bones or of similar productsby separation by means of a blade. This Standard deals with allsignificant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant tomachines, appliances and machinery, when they are used as intendedand under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable bythe manufacturer (see Clause 4). This Standard deals with thehazards which can arise during commissioning, operation,maintenance and decommissioning of the machine. The Standard doesnot deal with the specific hazards of loading devices. ThisStandard is not applicable to portion cutting machines which aremanufactured before the date of publication of this document byCEN.