scope:

1.1 General This document applies to forming machines, used for forming food products with a mould into portions, as defined in Clause 3. This document applies to both machines standing on the floor and table top machines, and also to machines integrated in a processing line (i.e. interfaces, when the machine is combined with other machines). This European standard deals with the following optional equipment: ? paper interleavers; ? croquette attachment; ? meat ball rollers; ? stick inserters; ? specific material/product conveyors; ? specific lifting and tilting devices. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to food forming machines, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonable foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4). This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events during transport, assembly and installation, commissioning and use as defined in EN ISO 12100:2010, Clause 5.4. This document is not applicable to forming machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.