EN 12042:2005/FprA1

Food processing machinery - Automatic dividers - Safety and hygiene requirements

Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Teigteilmaschinen - Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen

Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Diviseuses automatiques - Prescriptions relatives à la sécurité et à l'hygiène

Stroji za predelavo hrane - Avtomatski delilniki testa - Varnostne in higienske zahteve - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 67.260 - Plants and equipment for the food industry
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 153 - Food processing machinery - Safety and hygiene specifications
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 153/WG 1 - Bakery equipment
• Current Stage: 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 11-Jul-2010
• Due Date: 23-Jun-2010
• Completion Date: 11-Jul-2010
• Directive: Harmonized Standard2006/42/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)
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized98/37/EC - Machinery
• Mandate: M/079 - Mandate to CEN and CENELEC for standardization in the field of machines
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Ref Project: SIST EN 12042:2006/kFprA1:2010 - Food processing machinery - Automatic dividers - Safety and hygiene requirements

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 12042:2005+A1:2010 - Food processing machinery - Automatic dividers - Safety and hygiene requirements
• Effective Date: 17-Jul-2010
• Amends: EN 12042:2005 - Food processing machinery - Automatic dividers - Safety and hygiene requirements
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008

Overview

EN 12042:2005/FprA1 is a European standard developed by CEN that specifies the safety and hygiene requirements for automatic dividers used in food processing machinery. This amendment updates key references and requirements to align with current directives and best practices, particularly under the EU Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC). The standard ensures that food industry equipment such as automatic dividers for dough or similar products are designed, operated, and maintained with both operator safety and product hygiene in mind.

Compliance with this standard helps manufacturers demonstrate conformity to essential EU health and safety requirements, facilitating market access across Europe.

Key Topics

• Hazard Identification
  The standard covers hazards related to installation, operation, cleaning, maintenance, adjustment, dismantling, disabling, and scrapping of automatic dividers.

• Safety and Hygiene Measures
  It requires compliance with control system performance levels, guarding, protection against electric shock, and specified material usage for food-contact and splash areas.

• Verification Methods
  It describes testing and inspection methods to demonstrate compliance, including visual inspections, calculations, functional tests, and type verifications.

• Noise and Ergonomics
  Noise emission values must be measured, declared, and included in documentation. Ergonomic considerations for operator controls and maintenance access are mandated.

• Documentation and Marking
  Specific requirements for instruction handbooks, machine labeling, and traceability are outlined, including the need for CE marking where relevant.

• Material and Surface Standards
  Details on surface roughness for food-contact and splash zones, applicable to construction materials, to ensure ease of cleaning and minimize contamination risks.

Applications

EN 12042:2005/FprA1 is relevant for:

• Manufacturers of Food Processing Equipment
  Especially those producing or integrating automatic dough dividers and similar machinery in bakery and food production lines.

• Machinery Designers and Engineers
  For integrating up-to-date safety control systems, selecting compliant materials, and ensuring accessibility for users and maintenance personnel.

• Food Safety and Compliance Teams
  To verify equipment meets current hygiene and safety legislation before commissioning and during audits.

• Quality and Certification Bodies
  When assessing compliance with EU directives and issuing certification for food processing machines.

Adopting the requirements of EN 12042 ensures safer working conditions for operators, minimizes risks of food contamination, and supports market access in the European Economic Area through presumption of conformity with the Machinery Directive.

Related Standards

For comprehensive food machinery compliance, the following standards are frequently referenced alongside EN 12042:

• EN 60204-1 - Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines.
• EN ISO 13849-1 - Safety related parts of control systems - General design principles.
• EN 1672-2 - Food processing machinery - Basic concepts for hygiene requirements.
• EN 953 (EN ISO 14120) - Safety of machinery - Guards - General requirements for the design and construction.
• EN ISO 12100 - Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment.
• EN ISO 12001 - Noise emission for machinery.
• CEN/TR 15623 - Route map – Materials for food area.

Staying current with these related safety and hygiene standards will ensure robust risk management and regulatory compliance for food processing machinery.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2010
Stroji za predelavo hrane - Avtomatski delilniki testa - Varnostne in higienske
zahteve - Dopolnilo A1
Food processing machinery - Automatic dividers - Safety and hygiene requirements
Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Teigteilmaschinen - Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen
Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Diviseuses automatiques - Prescriptions
relatives à la sécurité et à l'hygiène
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12042:2005/FprA1
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
FINAL DRAFT
EN 12042:2005
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
February 2010
ICS 67.260
English Version
Food processing machinery - Automatic dividers - Safety and
hygiene requirements
Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Diviseuses Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Teigteilmaschinen -
automatiques - Prescriptions relatives à la sécurité et à Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen
l'hygiène
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 153.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 12042:2005. If this draft becomes an amendment, CEN
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this amendment
into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CEN 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 CEN Management Centre has the same
status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2010 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 12042:2005/FprA1:2010: E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
Foreword .3
1 Modification to the Foreword .4
2 Modification to 1.1 .4
3 Modification to Clause 2 .4
4 Modification to Clause 5 and 5.1 .5
5 Modification to 5.2.1 .5
6 Modification to 5.2.2.1 .5
7 Modification to 5.2.2.4 .5
8 Modification to 5.2.4 .5
9 Modification to 5.2.5 .6
10 Modification to 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.5, 5.3.6 and 5.3.7 .6
11 Modification to 5.7.1 .6
12 Modification to 5.8 .6
13 Modification to Clause 6 .7
14 Modification to 7.2 "Instruction handbook" .8
15 Modification to 7.3 "Marking" .9
16 Modification to A.1 .9
17 Modification to A.10 .9
18 Modification to B.2.1 .9
19 Modification to B.2.2 . 10
20 Modification to B.3.1 . 11
21 Modification to B.3.3.1 . 11
22 Modification to Annex ZA . 12
23 Addition of new Annex ZB . 12
24 Modification to the Bibliography . 12

Foreword
This document (EN 12042:2005/FprA1:2010) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 153
“Machinery intended for use with foodstuffs and feed”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this
document.
1 Modification to the Foreword
st
Replace the 1 paragraph with the following:
"This document (EN 12042:2005+A1:2010) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 153
“Machinery intended for use with foodstuffs and feed”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.".
rd th
Replace the 3 and 4 paragraphs with the following:
"This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this
document.".
2 Modification to 1.1
rd
Replace the 3 paragraph with the following:
"This European Standard specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the
installation, adjustment, operation, cleaning, maintenance, dismantling, disabling and scrapping of automatic
dividers, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable
by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).".

3 Modification to Clause 2
Replace "EN 614-1:1995" with "EN 614-1:2006+A1:2009".
Replace "EN 953:1997" with "EN 953:1997+A1:2009".
Replace "EN 1088:1995" with "EN 1088:1995+A2:2008".
Replace "EN 1672-2:2005" with "EN 1672-2:2005+A1:2009".
Replace
"EN 60204-1:1997, Safety of machinery — Electrical equipment of machines — Part 1: General requirements
(IEC 60204:1997)"
with
"EN 60204-1:2006, Safety of machinery — Electrical equipment of machines — Part 1: General requirements
(IEC 60204-1:2005, modified)".
Add "EN ISO 13849-1:2008, Safety of machinery — Safety related parts of control systems — Part 1: General
principles for design (ISO 13849-1:2006)”.
4 Modification to Clause 5 and 5.1
Replace the existing text with the following:
"5 Safety and hygiene requirements and/or protective measures
5.1 General
Machinery shall comply with the safety requirements and/or protective measures of this clause.
In addition, the machine shall be designed according to the principles of EN ISO 12100-2 for relevant but not
significant hazards, which are not dealt with by this document.
When fixed guards, or parts of the machine acting as such, are not permanently fixed e.g. by welding, their
fixing systems shall remain attached to the guards or to the machinery when the guards are removed.”.

5 Modification to 5.2.1
st
In the 1 paragraph, replace "EN 953" with "EN 953:1997+A1:2009" and "4.2.1 of EN 953:1997" with
"EN 953:1997+A1:2009".
st
In the 1 paragraph, replace "EN 1088:1995" with "EN 1088:1995+A2:2008".
rd
Replace the 3 paragraph with the following:
"The safety related parts of the control systems shall meet at least category 1 of 6.2.2 of EN 954-1:1996 or
present at least a performance level c defined in accordance with EN ISO 13849-1:2008."

6 Modification to 5.2.2.1
nd
In the 2 indent, replace "EN 953" with "EN 953:1997+A1:2009".

7 Modification to 5.2.2.4
nd
Replace the 2 paragraph with the following:
"The interlocking system of the movable step shall comply with 5.2.1 and the safety related parts of the control
systems shall meet at least category 1 of 6.2.2 of EN 954-1:1996 or present at least a performance level c
defined in accordance with EN ISO 13849-1:2008.".

8 Modification to 5.2.4
Last paragraph, after Figure 8, replace "EN 953" with "EN 953:1997+A1:2009".
9 Modification to 5.2.5
Replace "EN 953" with "EN 953:1997+A1:2009".

10 Modification to 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.5, 5.3.6 and 5.3.7
Replace 5.3.3 to 5.3.7 with the following:
"5.3.3 Protection against electric shock
The electrical equipment shall comply with Clause 6 o
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