Other agricultural machines and equipment (ICS code(s): 65.060.99)

Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 7294 for " Household and similar electrical appliances – safety - Particular requirements for electrical animal stunning equipment ".; (89 page(s), in English)

The Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 gives producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 7294 which 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. 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 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. 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 and other ruminants such as camels. The following types of electric animal-stunning equipment are covered by this standard: manual, semi-automatic and automatic.

Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of IEC 60335-2-87:2016+AMD1:2018 CSV