European CEN 'C' standards for food machinery safety

The British Standards listed below provide the safety design requirements for food processing machinery.

Most of these Standards have been updated since publication (e.g. BSEN453:2000 was updated in 2009 to become BSEN453:2000 + A1:2009). These regular +A1, +A2 etc. updates are not shown on the tables below.

The Standards are based on European CEN Standards and are available from British Standards Institution Tel: 020 8996 9001

Generic standards for all food machines

• Hygiene requirements (for all food machines) - BSEN 1672-2:2005
• Safety requirements (for all food machines) - In draft as a prEN 1672-1
• Food depositors - In draft as prEN 15180

Bakery machinery

• Dough mixers - BSEN 453:2000
• Planetary mixers - BSEN 454:2000
• Rotary rack ovens - BSEN 1673:2000
• Dough & pastry brakes - BSEN 1674:2000
• Moulders - BSEN 12041:2000
• Intermediate provers - BSEN 12043:2000
• Pie and tart machines  - BSEN 13390:2002
• Automatic dividers - BSEN 12042:2005
• Bowl lifting and tilting machines - BSEN 13288:2005
• Mixers with horizontal shafts - BSEN 13389:2005
• Fixed deck oven loaders - BSEN 13591:2005
• Bread slicers - BSEN 13954:2005

Meat machinery

• Mincing machines - BSEN 12331:2003
• Circular saw machines - BSEN 12267:2003
• Band saw machines - BSEN 12268:2003
• Filling machines - BSEN 12463:2004
• Derinding, skinning and membrane removal machines - BSEN 12355:2003
• Rotating bowl cutters - BSEN 12855:2003
• Portable/hand guided machines with mechanically driven cutting tools - BSEN 12984:2005
• Mixing machines - BSEN 13570:2005
• Chop cutting machines - BSEN 13870:2005
• Curing injection machines - BSEN 13534:2006
• Cube cutting machinery - BSEN 13871:2005
• Forming machines - In draft as prEN 15165
• Automatic back splitting machines - BSEN 15166:2008
• Clipping machines - BSEN 13885:2005
• Smokehouses - BSEN 15861:2012

Edible oils and fats

• Centrifuges for processing edible oils and fats - BSEN 12505:2000
• Raw materials crushers & kneaders - In draft

Pasta machinery

• Spreader, stripping and cutting machines - BSEN 13379:2001
• Driers and coolers - BSEN 13289:2001
• Pasta presses - BSEN 13378:2001
• Grinding and processing flour & semolina - BSEN 14958:2006
• Processing fresh and filled pasta - BSEN 15774:2010

Fish processing machinery

• Fish heading and filleting machines - In draft as prEN 15467

Cereal processing

• No standards currently planned

Dairy machinery

• Bulk milk coolers on farms - BSEN 13732:2002

Catering machinery

• Slicing machines - BSEN 1974:1998
• Vegetable cutting machines - BSEN 1678:1998
• Catering attachments for machines having an auxiliary drive hub - BSEN 12851:2005
• Food processors and blenders  - BSEN 12852:2001
• Hand held blenders and whisks - BSEN 12853:2001
• Beam mixers - BSEN 12854:2003
• Vegetable peelers - BSEN 13208:2003
• Salad dryers - BSEN 13621:2004
• Cooking kettles with powered stirrers - BSEN 13886:2005
• Baguette slicing machines - BSEN 14655:2005
• Dishwashing machines with conveyor - BSEN 14957:2006

Other useful British Standards:

Protective clothing

• Protective clothing – protection against cuts and stabs by hand knives  
• Part 1: Chain mail gloves and arm guards - BSEN 1082-1:1997
• Part 2: Gloves and arm guards (non chain mail)  - BSEN 1082-2:2000
• Protective clothing - gloves and arm guards protecting against cuts by powered knives - BSEN 14328:2005
• Protective clothing – aprons, trousers and vests protecting against cuts and stabs by hand knives - BSEN ISO 13998:2003