NSF ANSI 18:2016 pdf download.Manual Food and Beverage Dispensing Equipment.
NSF ANSI 18 contains requirements for equipment and devices that manually dispense food or beverages, in bulk or in portions. The materials, design, and construction requirements of this Standard may also be applied to an item that is manufactured as a component of food and beverage dispensing equipment. NSF ANSI 18 does not apply to vending machines, dispensing freezers, or bulk milk dispensing equipment covered by the scope of other NSF Standards.
Dispensing equipment components and materials covered under other NSF or NSF/ANSI Standards or Criteria shall also comply with the requirements therein. This Standard is not intended to restrict new unit design, provided that such design meets the minimum specifications described herein.
1.3 Alternate materials, design, and construction
While specific materials, design, and construction may be stipulated in NSF ANSI 18, dispensing equipment that incorporates alternate materials, design, or construction may be acceptable when such equipment meets the applicable requirements herein.
1.4 Measurement
Decimal and SI conversions provided parenthetically shall be considered equivalent. Metric conversions
and significant figure rounding have been made according to IEEE/ASTM SI 10.
2 Normative references
The following standards contain provisions that, through reference, constitute provisions of this NSF/ANSI Standard. At the time this Standard was balloted, the editions listed below were valid. All documents are subject to revision, and parties are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the recent editions of the documents indicated below. The most recent published edition of the document shall be used for undated references.
3 Definitions
Terms used in this Standard that have special technical meaning are defined in NSF/ANSI 170.
4 Materials
The requirements contained in this section are intended to protect food from contamination and ensure that the materials used in the manufacture of manual food and beverage dispensing equipment resist wear, penetration by vermin, and the effects of foods, heat, cleaning compounds, sanitizers, and other substances that may contact the materials in the intended use environment. Materials used in unexposed non-food zone areas shall be exempt from all requirements in 4.
4.1 Conformance with NSF/ANSI 51
Materials shall conform to the requirements in NSF/ANSI 51 applicable to the zone in which the material is used.NSF ANSI 18 pdf download.