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http://dx.doi.org/10.12812/ksms.2017.19.2.51

Investigation of EU, UK and USA's Laws and Standards related to Safety Criteria for Commercial Kitchen Machines  

Kee, Do-Hyung (Dept. of Industrial & Management Engineering, Keimyung University)
Hwang, Sang-Don (Dept. of Industrial & Management Engineering, Keimyung University)
Song, Young-Woong (Dept. of Industrial Health, Catholic University of Daegu)
Park, Hyun-Geun (Service Industry Safety Bureau, Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency)
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Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science / v.19, no.2, 2017 , pp. 51-61 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate EU, UK and USA's laws and standards related to safety criteria for commercial kitchen machines. The study was based on literature survey and web surfing. The results revealed that EU has relevant directives by kitchen machines and harmonized standards according to the directives. The directives and harmonized standards are translated into the laws and standards of EU member countries, respectively. The kitchen facility relevant legal systems of UK and USA do not prescribe the safety devices or measures, but only the basic health and safety requirements. The requirements were forcefully implemented through the certificate systems such as CE(Confommite European), UL(Underwriters Laboratories), etc. Only products with CE, UL or NRTL(ationally Recognized Testing Laboratory) certificate marking can be placed on the market of EU and USA, or put into service. For achieving the certificates, all requirements regulated in the relevant standards should be met. The standards of UK and USA were presented by kitchen machines or by standards themselves, respectively. Safety devices required by the standards were also summarized by kitchen machines and their risk factors.
Keywords
Kitchen safety; Kitchen machine; Standard; Safety criteria; Safety device;
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