International Electrotechnical Commission

Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2-87: Particular requirements for electrical animal-stunning equipment - Edition 2.2 Consolidated Reprint
 N 60335-2-87

Annotation

This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.

This standard deals with the safety of electric animal-stunning equipment the rated voltage of which is not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances and 480 V for other appliances.

This standard is applicable to electric animal-stunning equipment for industrial or commercial use, for use on farms or for use in areas where they may be a source of danger to the public.

So far as is practical, this standard deals with the common hazards presented by these types of appliances.

NOTE 101 Examples of electric animal-stunning equipment within the scope of this standard are those used to stun:

– bovines such as cattle, calves, cows, heifers and bulls;

– ovines such as sheep and lambs;

– caprines such as goats;

– cervids such as deer;

– solipeds such as horses, donkeys and mules;

– birds such as chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl;

– porcines such as pigs;

– fur animals such as foxes, chinchilla, rabbits and possums;

– mustelids such as mink and polecats;