PROPOSAL FOR A NEW FIELD OF TECHNICAL ACTIVITY
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Reference number(to be given by Central
Secretariat)
ISO/TS/P

ProposerSAC

A proposal for a new field of technical activity shall be submitted to the Central Secretariat, which will assign it a reference
number and process the proposal in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives (part 1, subclause 1.5). The proposer may
be a member body of ISO, a technical committee or subcommittee, the Technical Management Board or a General
Assembly committee, the Secretary-General, a body responsible for managing a certification system operating under the
auspices of ISO, or another international organization with national body membership. Guidelines for proposing andjustifying a new field of technical activity are given in the ISO/IEC Directives (part 1, Annex C).
The proposal (to be completed by the proposer)
Title of the proposed new committee (The title shall indicate clearly yet concisely the new field of technicalactivity which the proposal is intended to cover.)Feed Machinery
Scope statement of the proposed new committee (The scope shall precisely define the limits of the field ofactivity. Scopes shall not repeat general aims and principles governing the work of the organization but
shall indicate the specific area concerned.)Standardization of single feed machine, processing systems and complete production
line which process various raw materials to produce feed for livestock, poultry,
aquatic

animals,

andpets according

to the requirement of recipes includes feedmachinery safety, hygienic requirements and environmental protection requirements infeed processing.
Feed machinery, which is used for pre-processing, quantitative batching, conditioning
andpelletizing

of

feed

raw

materials,

includes

main

feed

processing

machines,

auxiliary equipments and complete feed processing projects that process compound feed,
additive premix feed, and concentrated feed.
It

includesneithermachineryforanimalhusbandry

norforages

grass

processing

equipment.
Please be advised that the "feed machinery" referenced in the proposal is themechanical equipment used for industrial production of formulated feed in feed mills.
Formula feed ingredients consist of dozens of species to meet all of the nutrientsneeded for the growth and development of animals. Formula feed production requires
specialized techniques and equipment. It is produced by feed processing equipment,
literately produced by specialized feed mills to complete automatic production line.
"Standardized object" in this proposal means the machinery and equipment for modern
feed mills as special-designed industrial equipment.
The ”Feed Machinery” in this proposal does not belong to agricultural machinery. It

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has nothing to do with agricultural machinery, animal husbandry machinery, forage
processing

machinery.

cultivation,

crop

Agriculturalprotection,

machineryirrigation,notharvesting,only

includesstorageandtillagesuchandmachinery,

tools and equipment that has been directly related to agricultural production, butalso includes livestock and poultry husbandry and breeding, animal-poultry products
collection and pre-processing machinery and animal husbandry facilities and equipment
for construction of grassland, forage harvesting and processing, etc. “Feed machinery”
referenced in this proposal is entirely different from agricultural machinery in terms
of

not

only

the

workingprinciple,

structure,

performance,

but

also

the

design,manufacture, testing techniques. Each is in different area of expertise. Therefore,
overlap and conflict would not exist in the standardized object of the proposal orwith the scope of work for ISO/TC23 for now and in the future.
Proposed initial programme of work (The proposed programme of work shall correspond to and clearlyreflect the aims of the standardization activities and shall, therefore, show the relationship between thesubject s proposed. Each item on the programme of work shall be defined by both the subject aspect(s) to
be standardized (for products, for example, the items would be the types of products, characteristics, otherrequirements, data to be supplied, test methods, etc.). Supplementary justification may be combined withparticular items in the programme of work. The proposed programme of work shall also suggest priorities
and target dates.
Initial work programme in the proposal:
1. Terminology and graphical symbols of feed processing equipment;
2. Feed machinery hygienic requirements;
3. Feed machinery safety requirements( including general rules and safety requirements
for main feed processing machinery);
4. Technical requirements of main feed machinery;
5. Technical requirements of complete feed processing line (including complete feed
processing

line

for

livestock,

poultry,aquatic

animals

and

pets,

but

excludingcomplete feed processing line for additive premix);
6. Technical requirements of complete feed processing production line for additive
premix.
The terminology and graphical symbols of feed processing equipment are the fundamental
standard for feed machinery, which are used by the standards of all the other feedmachinery projects. Feed machinery hygienic requirements can be used by various single
feed machines, processing systems and complete production lines. In these standard
projects, there is no need to duplicate the general hygienic requirements in order tocontrol the length of the standard and to reduce the costs of developing the standard,
except for additive premix processing technique which demands the special hygienic
requirements such as residual control and cross-contamination. The general rules of

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feed machinery safety needs to meet the common and general requirements of complete
feed processing production line and main feed processing machinery standards. Main
feedprocessing

machinerytechnical

requirements

can

be

sharedbycompletefeedprocessing projects.
The standards are drafted according to the serial number listed in the proposed
initial work programme. It will take about 3 years to make each standard.
Indication(s) of the preferred type or types of deliverable(s) to be produced under the proposal (This may be
combined with the "Proposed initial programme of work" if more convenient.)
The deliverables of this proposal shall be international standards.

A listing of relevant existing documents at the international, regional and national levels. (Any known
relevant document (such as standards and regulations) shall be listed, regardless of their source andshould be accompanied by an indication of their significance.)
The relevant existing documents of ISO, national levels are as follows:
ISO: ISO 14159:2002、ISO 12100:2010
China: GB/T 18695-2012、GB/T 24352-2009、GB/T 25698-2010、GB/T 25699-2010、GB/T 244452009、GB/T 24351-2009、GB/T 6971-2007、GB/T 20192-2006.
America: ANSI/ASAE S303.4 SEP2007（2012）.
The

documents

listed

above

can

be

referredin

drafting

relevant

feedmachineryinternational standard.
A statement from the proposer as to how the proposed work may relate to or impact on existing work,
especially existing ISO and IEC deliverables. (The proposer should explain how the work differs fromapparently similar work, or explain how duplication and conflict will be minimized. If seemingly similar or
related work is already in the scope of other committees of the organization or in other organizations, theproposed scope shall distinguish between the proposed work and the other work. The proposer shallindicate whether his or her proposal could be dealt with by widening the scope of an existing committee orby establishing a new committee.)
There will be no work scope and deliverables overlap or conflict between the proposal
and other technical committees or sub-committees of ISO and IEC.
A listing of relevant countries where the subject of the proposal is important to their national commercial
interests.
This proposal will be commercially beneficial to all of the countries that manufacture
or use feed machinery, especially to those countries that import large numbers of feedmachines, such as China, America, German, Britain, France, Netherland, Japan, Belarus,
Canada, Switzerland, and etc. And those countries that export large numbers of feedmachines, such as China, Netherland, German, Italy, America, Spain, Ireland, Canada,
Denmark, France, and etc.

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A listing of relevant external international organizations or internal parties (other ISO and/or IEC
committees) to be engaged as liaisons in the development of the deliverable(s). (In order to avoid conflict
with, or duplication of efforts of, other bodies, it is important to indicate all points of possible conflict oroverlap. The result of any communication with other interested bodies shall also be included.)
As the scope of this proposal is special to industrial processing of compound feed,
additive premix feed, concentrated feed, it does not overlap or conflict with any work
scope or deliverable of any technical committee of ISO.
However, Feed machinery is used in the production of animal feed. Feed machinery also
requires development of special safety standards, thus the proposal would seek contact
with the following technical committee or subcommittee for communication in the studyof standardization:
ISO/TC34/SC 10 Animal feeding stuffs
ISO/TC 199 Safety of machinery
A simple and concise statement identifying and describing relevant affected stakeholder categories(including small and medium sized enterprises) and how they will each benefit from or be impacted by the
proposed deliverable(s).
Nowadays, the international market is indispensable to each country in the world. Like
all the other international standards, an international feed machinery standard will
createconditions

andprovidetechnical

supportinbreaking

technical

barriers,

facilitating the uniform of global market, and prospering global economy.
The deliverables of this proposal will affect global feed machinery industry and feedindustry,

and

will

benefitfeedmachinery

manufacturers,

sales

agencies,

feed

processing enterprises, feed machinery operators, human health and national economies.
High-performance feed processing machinery and production lines are the guarantee of
feed recipe quality and feed hygiene. High-quality feed which passes certain hygienic
standard could ensure fast and healthy growth of animals. Therefore, the deliverablesof this proposal also affect farming industry indirectly.
In

recentyears,

feedmachineryinternational

expositions

andtechnical

exchange

activities have been hosted in different countries almost every quarter and feedmachinery international trade has been expanding. However, as the feed processing
equipment terminology and graphical symbols used by different manufacturers are notconsistent, there are obstacles in the exchange of international feed processing
machinery technical documents, technical seminars and video records , and in compilingof international trade contracts and their attachedtechnical files. Developing aninternational standard of feed processing equipment terminology and graphical symbols
will facilitate international trade and technical communications between manufacturesand customers.
In feed processing, many factors could affect feed hygiene, working place hygiene andenvironment,

such

as

feed

machinerystructures,materials

that

contact

feed,

processing design of feed machine production line, arrangement of equipments, dust

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emission and etc. A feed hygienic standard of feed machinery will minimize the risksof deterioration of feed hygiene, working place hygiene and environmental pollution.
It can also ensure feed hygiene and operator occupational health; protect the benefitsof feed processing and farming industry; and guarantee healthy farming, human foodhygiene and environmental protection.
In feed machinery, there are many potential risks, such as electrical and mechanicalfaults, dust explosion and high temperature steam burns. To avoid these risks, eachfeed machinery manufacturers is relying on their own standards made based on theirknowledge, technical levels and costs. Large multinational feed manufacturers havetheir own purchasing standards, but these standards have different requirements on
safety protection. Small companies do not have their own purchasing standards. Aninternational standard is desirable for those small companies to reduce their risks.
The feed machinery safety standard should coordinate rules among manufacturers andcustomers through abundant tests and assessments and offer an optimal solution for
feed machinery safety. The feed machinery standard will lower safety risks of feedmachinery products, reduce economic losses caused by product safety problems, protect
assets and operator’s safety, and lower the cost of customized products in order tomeet different customers.
In international trade of feed machinery, feed production line orders usually consistof dozens, or even hundreds of machines and parts. Contracts of these orders usually
involve complicated technical issues and are worth thousands or even millions ofdollars. Customers neither design the feed machines nor know much about technicaldetails. So they are not capable of presenting many requirements when signing acontract with manufacturers who of course are unwilling to include many commitments inthecontract.

When

it

comes

to

installationandacceptancestage,

problems

andcontroversies turn up. If suppliers do not make compromises, customers may suffer
great losses; if customers are unwilling to compromise, the production line will not
be accepted and payment will be delayed. Both cases happen frequently in real businesscases.

Even

if

providers

eventuallymakeconcessions

for

the

sake

of

futurecooperation, the time and cost spent on on-site modification will be greater than indomestic. If planned production time is affected, providers will have to bear more
economic compensations. Feed machinery plant equipment requirements will make rules on
economic and technical indicators, specifications, processing design, equipment basic
requirements,

coating,

acceptanceproduction

expensiveofinternationalsafety,hygiene,

line.

trade

The

equipment

standard

contractsoninstallation,

will

feed

commissioning

andprovidetechnical

supportprocessing

production

line,

to

help

define providers’ commitments and customers' demands clearly, reduce conflicts insigning and execution of contracts, protect the benefits of each side (manufacturers,
providersandcustomers),

andprovidetechnical

supportfordesigningandmanufacturing of feed processing production line.
Based on theoretical argument of animal growth nutrient requirements, additive premix
is a core ingredient of compound feed and made by reasonable and uniform mixture of

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various vitamins, microelement, amino acids and growth factors through carriers anddiluents. For special requirements of raw materials pre-processing and additive premix
quality and hygiene, the processing of additive premix needs high-accuracy equipmentwith high sealing quality and little (zero) residual, specific technical process,equipment arrangement and dust extraction. However, rules of manufacturers are quite
different, and this affects the quality and hygiene of additive premix. To protect thebenefits of feed industry and farming industry, an international standard is needed tocoordinate additive premix production line technology.
Overallspeaking,

theproposal,

along

with

its

anticipatedincreasing

numberofdeliverables, will bring great benefits to feed machinery manufacturing industry, feedindustry, farming industry, national economy and human health.
An expression of commitment from the proposer to provide the committee secretariat if the proposal
succeeds.
SAC is willingly to undertake Secretariat of new TC when the proposal is accepted byISO.

Purpose and justification for the proposal. (The purpose and justification of the standard to be preparedshall be made clear and the need for standardization of each aspect (such as characteristics) to be includedin the standard shall be justified. Clause C.4.12.1 through C.4.12.10 of Annex C of the ISO/IEC Directives,
Part 1 contains a menu of suggestions or ideas for possible documentation to support and purpose andjustification of proposals. Proposers should consider these suggestions, but they are not limited to them,nor are they required to comply strictly with them. What is most important is that proposers develop andprovide purpose and justification information that is most relevant to their proposals and that makes asubstantial business case for the market relevance and the need for their proposals. Thorough, welldeveloped and robust purpose and justification documentation will lead to more informed consideration of
proposals and ultimately their possible success in the ISO IEC system.)PurposeCoordinate

thestandards

orrequirements

amongmanufacturers

andcustomersfromdifferent countries on feed machinery terminology, graphical symbols, hygiene, safety,
complete production line specifications, main single machines, systems performance andimportant performance test methods.
Justification
There is an urgent need to develop an international standard and eliminate obstacles
and barriers in international trade of feed machinery. Hygienic and environmental
protections in feed machinery industry need the global society to pay attention assoon as possible. The variety of feed machineries and auxiliary parts, the large
number of concepts concerning processing technique, and the inconsistency of feedmachinery terminology and graphical symbols utilized in different countries become
obstacles in international trade and technical exchanges. Orders of feed processing
productionline

conflicts

andinternational

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often

involve

controversies
trade.

All

a

large

during

these

will

numberofnegotiation
need

the

technical
anddetails

execution

support

and

of

and

lead

to

contracts

incoordination

from

an

international

standard.

Once,

a

Chinesefeed

machinery

manufacturer

shippedits

products to the importing country’s port according to their contract, and the customs
request the manufacturer to offer an international standard for commodity inspection.
But there is no international standard for feed machinery and finally the trade fell
into a dilemma. So it is obvious that product quality receives much attention and feedmachinery international standard has become an urgent need for international trade.
There

are

many

potential

dangerous

factorsinthe utilization of feed machines,

especially feed machines utilized in potential explosive environment. Safety measuresof each feed machinery manufacturers differ greatly. For feed machinery safety, someoftheimportingapproval,

andcountries

othersentrusttheirsafetytheirsafetycertification

entrustcertification

authorities

companies

for

for

security

evaluation. However the differences in the standards used for approval or evaluation
become barriers for international trade, which needs coordination of an international
standard on feed machinery safety to eliminate the barriers, coordinate and support
international trade.
Feed machinery field does not pay enough attention to the risks that feed processing
technology and complete production line affect feed hygiene and environment. Feed canbe called indirect "food", so feed hygiene is connected with food hygiene. Feedhygienedependsonwhether

feed

ingredientsarehygienic

andwhether

processing

process and equipment used contaminate the feed. As for the latter one, analyses offeed processing hygienic risks have shown the following results: the material of feedmachines that touches feed may bring toxic and harmful contamination to feed; if feedmachinery structures are improperly

designed, there will be "cross-contamination"

among different feeds, and metamorphic residues will become micro organic source ofcontamination to feed; lack of accuracy in feed dosing, adding, coating and mixers maylead to over-dosing of microelement additive and develop toxic effect; contamination
caused by leakage of lubricating oil is also a severe problem; if feed machines are
not cleaned properly after installation, feed hygiene will be adversely affected;
noise and dust emission of feed machinery will affect human health and surrounding
environment. All these factors that have threatened feed hygiene and environmental
protection for a long time need to be coordinated by an international standard as soon
as possible.
An international standard is a summary of science and technology made by relevant
experts on certain standardized objects. Therefore, development of an international
feed machinery standard will contribute to the improvement of feed machinery quality
and technology.
International

applications

of

the

international

machinerystandard

will

be

very

extensive. Meat, eggs, milk and aquatic products are common food for human, therefore
farming industry, feed processing, feed machinery used for feed industry are allindispensable for each country. In 2011, more than 700 million tons of compound feed
were

produced

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byvariousfeedmachinery.

Without

considering

the

feed

machines

produced domestically, according to incomplete statistics, 147 countries and regions
imported feed machines while 83 countries exported feed machines. Feed machinery
manufacturing industry and feed industry are important global industries. They should
follow the same international standard for organization of manufacturing and purchase
of

feed

machinery.

Therefore,

the

feed

machinerystandard

will

have

much

more

extensive international applications compared with those for other types of machinery
products.
Take China as an example, in 2011, its annual feed capacity reached 181 million tones
and there were more than 15,000 feed manufacturers. They purchased feed machines fromall over the world to maintain, modify, expand or build their new feed productionlines. There are 482 enterprises included in National Feed Production specialised
Equipment

Manufacturingindustry,which

produces

46715

feed

machineryequipments

annually. Among them, there are 1802 complete machinery systems and 44913 single
machines. Many small enterprises are not included in those numbers. According to Foodand Agriculture Organization’s statistics, China possesses more than 20% of the total
number of feed processing equipments in the world. China is one of the major feedmachinery import-export countries, and China-made feed machines have been sold to morethan 90 countries. The international feed machinery standard has a huge influence on
China
Feed machinery technique has been well developed and now it is a good time to develop
an international standard. Feed machinery manufacturing industry has been on rise anddeveloped for decades. China established feed machinery manufacturing industry since
1970s,

but

EuropeanandAmericanindustrymuch

earliermanufacturing

countries
thanChina.

developed

their

feed

machinery

However,

China’shuge

population

generates huge demand for farming and feed industries and facilitates the developmentof feed machinery manufacturing industry. For decades, there had been globalized feedmachinery international trade, annual international exhibitions and technical lecturesdeliveredbyvarious

manufacturers

andrelevant

universities,

intercommunications

between globally well-known enterprises. These contributed to the development andtechnical communication of feed machinery industry. Currently, different countries'
feed processing techniques are basically the same in terms of usage and working
principles. So are the feed machinery used in different countries in terms of the main
structures. The design and manufacturing techniques of feed machinery are alreadymature. Thus the development of an international feed machinery standard has become acommon need for feed machinery manufacturing industry and feed industry. Now it is agood time to develop an international standard for feed machinery.
Technical development in feed machinery will not make the proposed standard obsolete.
Standards of feed machinery terminology and graphical symbols, hygiene, safety andtest method are basic standards and will not be out of date. Fundamental techniques
andequipment

for

feed

processingareessentialandstable.

Feedmachineryinternational standards will still be the basis for future technical development even

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if feed machinery techniques will advance in the future.
Implementation

of

this

proposedstandard

will

bring

great

socialandeconomic

benefits. The benefited parties and how they will benefit from this proposal have been
explained above, but it still has to be emphasized that, as feed industry and feedmachinery manufacturing industry spread all over the world and feed machinery trade
globalized, one important characteristic of feed machinery international standard is
its extensive coverage. Generally, people only care about feed hygiene, feed raw
material hygiene and recipe safety; because they know feed hygiene is connected withfood hygiene. However, people do not know this is only part of the problem; anotherimportant part of the problem is, in the process of feed machinery, there are manyfactorsoffeedmachinery(explained

above)

affectingfeedhygiene,feed

recipequality and feed hygiene are dependent on feed machinery. The effect of feed machinery
hygiene standard on protecting animal and human health cannot be expressed throughdata.
So far, no technical committee or sub-technical committee on feed processing machinery
had been established in ISO and IEC. The work scope and deliverables of this proposal
aim at specific work of industrial processing of compound feed, additive premix andconcentrated feed in feed machinery industry, and do not overlap or conflict with any
scope or deliverables of ISO and IEC.

Signature of the proposer

WANG Zongling

Further information to assist with understanding the requirements for the items above can be found in the Directives, Part
1, Annex C.
Comments of the Secretary-General (to be completed by the Central Secretariat)

Signature

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