Valid

GB 12073-1989Security and sanitary standard for dairy equipment (English PDF)

乳品设备安全卫生

Preview PDF

This is a limited preview

Buy now to download the full PDF (7 pages)

Need quotation for your management?

Get a formal quotation for GB 12073-1989 in 30 minutes.

Issued by

State Bureau of Technical Supervision

Level / Type

National · Mandatory

Issue date

December 29, 1989

Implementation date

July 1, 1990

Scope

GB 12073-1989 is the English-translated version of 乳品设备安全卫生.

GB 12073-1989 specifies the hygienic requirements for materials, the mechanical design principles and the safety requirements for equipment dedicated to dairy processing; it does not apply to power supply equipment such as boilers and electric motors, or to laboratory instruments.

It sets the materials allowed for product contact surfaces (stainless steel with no more than 0.15% carbon, such as 0Cr19Ni9 and 1Cr18Ni9Ti, cast aluminium alloy ZL104, food-grade plastics and rubber, no glass fibre) and design rules for hygiene: surface roughness Ra not above 1.6 for stainless steel and 0.8 for plastics and rubber, continuous smooth welds, fillet radii generally not less than 6.5 mm, non-lubricated bearings and dismantlable parts.

Mechanical safety requirements cover guards on moving parts, insulation resistance of at least 0.5 MOmega, safety valves acting at no more than 1.2 times the rated pressure, manhole sizes, ladders and platforms, a noise limit of 85 dB and clearances from floor and wall.

Special requirements follow for milk storage tanks, milk pumps and homogenizers, heat exchangers, vacuum evaporators, freezing equipment, flow and level instruments, milk powder sieves and rollerless butter churns.

Issued by the State Bureau of Technical Supervision on 29 December 1989 and in force since 1 July 1990. Classification: ICS 67.260, CCS Y99. The document runs to 7 pages, delivered complete in English translation.

Found what you need?

Document preview — GB 12073-1989

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 67.260
Classification: Y99

Issued by: State Bureau of Technical Supervision

1 Subject content and scope of application
2 Referenced standards
3 Terms and definitions
4 Materials and their hygiene requirements
5 Principles of mechanical design
6 Mechanical safety requirements
7 Special requirements for certain dairy equipment

3 Terms and definitions

4 Materials and their hygiene requirements

5 Principles of mechanical design

6 Mechanical safety requirements

7 Special requirements for certain dairy equipment

Foreword

Approved by the State Bureau of Technical Supervision on 1989-12-29; implemented from 1990-07-01.

Additional notes:

This standard was proposed by the Ministry of Light Industry of the People's Republic of China.

This standard is under the jurisdiction of the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Dairy Machinery.

This standard was drafted by the Heilongjiang Provincial Dairy Industry Technology Development Centre.

Main drafter of this standard: Na Zhengyang.

......
This preview omits tables, figures, formulas and parts of the technical clauses. The complete document — 7 pages — is available in the English PDF.

Referenced standards

Normative references

GB 1173 · GB 3190 · GB 3280 · GB 4807 · GB 4808 · GBn 84-89

Similar standards

GB/T 25235-2026|GB/T 34669-2026|GB/T 47526-2026|GB/T 24854-2025|GB/T 25730-2025|GB/T 26885-2025

How to Download GB 12073-1989

1
Add to cart
Click "Download PDF" on this page and choose "Buy this standard". You can add more standards before checkout.
2
Checkout
Enter your email and billing details. Payment is processed securely by Stripe (cards or bank transfer). Prefer bank details? Request a quotation (min. order $300).
3
Instant delivery (0–9 sec)
Delivery is automatic: within seconds of payment you'll receive an email with a secure download link. The link stays valid for 72 hours.
4
Invoice included
A tax invoice is attached to the confirmation email. Need a custom invoice? Contact us.