Safety of household and similar electrical appliances - Part 97: Particular requirements for electrical animal-stunning equipment
1 Scope
This clause of GB/T 4706.1-2024 is replaced by the following.
This document specifies the safety requirements for electrical animal-stunning equipment for household and similar purposes.
This document 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.
Note 101: Battery-operated appliances and other d.c. supplied appliances are within the scope of this standard.
Dual supply appliances, either mains-supplied or battery-operated, are regarded as battery-operated appliances when operated in the battery mode.
This document 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 102: 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;
——other ruminants such as camels.
Note 103: The following types of electric animal-stunning equipment are covered by this standard:
——manual, semi-automatic and automatic.
Note 104: Attention is drawn to the fact that:
——for electric animal-stunning equipment intended to be used on board ships, additional requirements may be necessary;
——in many countries, additional requirements are specified by the national health authorities, the national authorities responsible for the protection of labour, the national water supply authorities and similar authorities;
——in many countries, additional requirements are specified concerning the humane slaughter of animals.
Note 105: This standard does not apply to:
——appliances intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, such as the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (dust, vapour or gas);
——electric fence energizers (see GB/T 4706.91);
——electric fishing machines (see GB/T 4706.103);
——meat tenderizers, carcass immobilizers, carcass stiffeners, spinal discharge equipment or similar equipment.
2 Normative references
This clause of GB/T 4706.1-2024 is applicable except as follows.
Addition:
IEC 60068-2-52, Environmental testing - Part 2: Tests - Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic (sodium chloride solution)
IEC 61 558-2-4, Safety of transformers, reactors, power supply units and similar products for supply voltages up to 1100 V - Part 2-4: Particular requirements and tests for isolating
transformers and power supply units incorporating isolating transformers
3 Terms and definitions
This clause of GB/T 4706.1-2024 is applicable except as follows.
3.1.9 Replacement:
normal operation
oeration of the electric animal-stunning equipment as in normal use when connected to the supply with electrodes connected to the output terminals of the stunning equipment. An adjustable non-inductive resistor is connected between the electrodes. The resistor is
adjusted so that output current can flow
3.6.3 Addition:
Note: It also includes terminals for the connection of the batteries and other metal parts in a battery compartment that become accessible when replacing batteries even with the aid of a tool.
3.6.4 Replacement:
conductive part that may cause an electric shock
3.101
electric animal-stunning equipment
appliance that is designed or used to cause electronarcosis in an animal by means of an
electric current
Note 1: It may also cause irreversible cardiac arrest.
Note 2: In this standard, for convenience, this term is abbreviated to stunning equipment.
3.102
mains-operated stunning equipment
stunning equipment designed for direct connection to a supply, other than a battery supply
or a safety extra-low voltage supply
3.103
battery-operated stunning equipment
stunning equipment deriving its energy solely from chargeable or non-rechargeable batteries
3.104
electrode
parts of stunning equipment that transfer the electric current to the animal
Note: The stun electrode is the electrode used to apply the stun voltage, the return electrode is the other electrode.
3.105
stunning circuit
conductive parts or components within stunning equipment, that are connected or intended
to be connected galvanically to the electrode terminals
3.106
output voltage
voltage required to sustain the output current under normal operation
3.107
output current
current in the stunning circuit that the stunning equipment is designed to supply
3.108
biased-off switch
switch that automatically returns to the off position when its actuating member is released
4 General requirement
This clause of GB/T 4706.1-2024 is applicable.
