prSRPS EN 13534:2026

Food processing machinery - Curing injection machines - Safety and hygiene requirements

Scope

This standard applies for
- curing injection machines with infeed and outfeed devices
- curing injection machines with infeed and outfeed devices and loading devices
This standard does not apply to portable/hand guided curing injection devices.
This standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to machines, appliances and machinery, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to curing injection machinery, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
This document is not applicable to curing injection machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.

This standard covers the following types of curing injection machines:
Curing injection machines consist mainly of a single or multilane curing needle station, holding down clamp, infeed and outfeed devices, machine frame and related drive system, and electrical, electronic, or pneumatic components, depending on machine type.
Curing injection machines in the scope of this standard can be equipped with:
infeed chute;
splash guard flaps;
single or multi-lane curing needle bars (needle station);
holding down clamp;
infeed and outfeed conveyor belt;
infeed and outfeed rake;
interlocked transport car at the outfeed side;
loading device with delivery chute.

Related directives

NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.