1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 12935:2001 Feather and down Hygiene and cleanliness requirements The European Standard EN 12935:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 59.040 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 12935:2001 This British Standard, having been prepar
2、ed under the direction of the Sector Policy and Strategy Committee for Materials and Chemicals, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 3 September 2001 BSI 3 September 2001 ISBN 0 580 37708 3 National foreword This British Standard is the official English
3、 language version of EN 12935:2001. It supersedes BS 1425-2:1991 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/73, Fillings and filled articles, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtain
4、ed on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Find” fac
5、ility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal oblig
6、ations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This d
7、ocument comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 7 and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCH
8、ENORM EN12935 July2001 ICS59.040 Englishversion FeatheranddownHygieneandcleanlinessrequirements PlumesetduvetsExigencesdhygineetdenettoyage FedernundDaunenAnforderungenanHygieneund Reinheit ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon10May2001. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulatio
9、nswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(En
10、glish,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,
11、 Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2001CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansrese
12、rved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN12935:2001EEN12935:2001(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction 4 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Sampling.4 4 Requirementsregardingthehygieneandcleanliness 4 5 Marking .5 AnnexA(informative) .6 Bibliography 7EN12935:2001(E) 3 Foreword ThisEuropean
13、StandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC222“Featheranddownasfilling materialforanyarticle,aswellasfinishedarticlesfilledwithfeatheranddown“,thesecretariatofwhichisheldby UNI. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,at
14、thelatestbyJanuary2002,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byJanuary2002. ThisdocumentdoesnotsupersedeanyexistingEuropeanStandard. ThisstandardincludesaBibliography. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundt
15、oimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden, SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN12935:2001(E) 4 Introduction Featheranddownforuseasfillingmaterialshouldmeettherequirementso
16、fthepresentstandardinorderto ensureahighlevelofhygienicandsanitaryconditionsinconformitywiththeprovisionsofArt.100AoftheTreaty asaskedforbytheConsumerPoliciesServiceoftheECCommission. Theselectionofanalyseshastakenintoaccounttheexistinginformationinliteratureandtherequirementsofthe presentEuropeanst
17、andardhavetakenintoaccounttheuseofthefinishedfeatherand/ordownmaterialorasa fillingmaterialofamanufacturedarticle. Inthiswaytheindustrythatprocessesfeathersanddowncanverifythedegreeofefficiencyoftheprocessing itself. 1Scope ThisEuropeanstandardprovidestherequirementsnecessarytosatisfythehygieneandcl
18、eanlinessoffeather and/ordownfillingmaterials.ThisEuropeanstandardappliestofinishedfeatherand/ordownmaterialsusedasa fillingofamanufacturedarticle. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications. Thesenormativereferencesarecitedattheap
19、propriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelisted hereafter.Fordatedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublications applytothisEuropeanStandardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundated referencesthelatesteditionofthepublicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendmen
20、ts). EN1162 FeatheranddownTestmethodsDeterminationoftheoxygenindexnumber EN1883 FeatheranddownSamplinginviewoftests EN1884 FeatheranddownTestmethodsDeterminationofmicrobiologicalstate 3 Sampling ThesamplingshallbecarriedoutaccordingtoEN1883. Asfarasthedeterminationofthemicrobiologicalstateisconcerne
21、d,thesamplingandpackagingofthe laboratorybulksampleshouldbeperformedtoavoidinadvertentcontaminationandsignificantalterations tothenumbersandnatureofmicroorganismsinthesample. 4 Requirementsregardingthehygieneandcleanliness Themandatoryrequirementsforfinishedfeatherand/ordownmaterialaregiveninTable1.
22、 Forfinishedmilledfeatheronlymicrobiologicalstateapplies. OtheroptionalimpurityindicatorsarementionedinTableA.1. NOTE Thebacterialspeciesandrelatedlimitsofacceptabilityhavebeenestablishedtoensurethatthefeatherand/or downfillingmaterialhasbeenthoroughlywashedandsuitablyprocessed. Alimitedamountofthes
23、pecifiedmicroorganismscanbeconsideredasindicating“non contamination”.EN12935:2001(E) 5 Table1Mandatoryrequirementsforfinishedfeatherand/ordownmaterial Impurityindicators Europeanstandard referredto Limitsof acceptability Oxygenindexnumber a EN1162 lessthan20 Microbiologicalstate b EN1884 Selectiveme
24、diumand countplatemethod Mesophilaerobicbacteriacount lessthan10 6 CFU/g Faecalstreptococcicount lessthan10 2 CFU/g Sulphitereducingclostridiumcount lessthan10 2 CFU/g Presenceofsalmonella absentin20g a Thisoxygenindexnumberisindicativeofthecleanlinessoftheanalysedmaterialandshallbe consideredasafir
25、stlevelscreeningandnotasadirectindicatorofthehygienicstate. Iftheoxygenindexnumberisbeloworequalto20thefillingmaterialisconsideredashygienically suitableandnofurtheranalysisofthemicrobiologicalstateisnecessary. Iftheoxygenindexnumberisbetween20and50therequiredlimitsofacceptabilityofthe microbiologic
26、alstatearetobemet. Iftheoxygenindexnumberisabove50thefillingmaterialisnotconsideredtobehygienically suitableandithastobereprocessed. b Incaseanyofthelimitsforthemicrobiologicalstateisexceeded,thefillingmaterialcannotbe consideredhygienicallysuitable. 5 Marking Eachbag,baleorotherpackageoffeatherand/
27、ordownmaterialassuchandeachmanufacturedproduct filledwithsuchamaterialshallbeprovidedwithanindeliblewordingoranundetachablelabelstatingthat thefinishedmaterialusedasafillingmeetstherequirementsofthepresentEuropeanstandard.EN12935:2001(E) 6 AnnexA (informative) TableA.1Optionalimpurityindicatorsandre
28、commendedvaluesforfinishedfeatherand/ordown material Impurityindicators Europeanstandardreferredto Recommendedvalues Oilandfatcontent EN1163 0,5%to2,0% Turbidity EN1164 min.300mm pH EN1413 6,6to8,0EN12935:2001(E) 7 Bibliography EN1163 FeatheranddownTestmethodsDeterminationoftheoilandfatcontent EN116
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