TS 10512

TS 10512 is a standard for the general layout, operation and basic technical-hygienic conditions of canned food factories. It defines the general rules for facilities where canned products are manufactured, while tomato paste factories are explicitly excluded from its scope. In practical terms, it provides a general technical framework for how a canned food plant should be organised.

General technical context for canned food plants

Canning is a food-processing area associated with receiving raw materials, sorting, preparation, heat treatment and sealing in airtight containers. In such facilities, plant layout, process flow, cleaning, equipment placement and protection against cross-contamination are especially important. General rules of this kind support controlled, orderly and repeatable production.

What makes the scope distinctive

• The standard focuses on the general rules for canned food factories.
• Tomato paste factories are explicitly outside the scope.
• It provides a framework for the facility’s overall technical and organisational arrangement.
• The purpose of canning is to improve food stability and shelf life, but specific process parameters cannot be inferred from this standard’s scope.

At plant level, standards of this type create a common basis for issues such as separation of production areas, orderly movement of people and materials, suitable equipment placement and hygiene control. The value of TS 10512 lies in defining the basic expectations for a canned food factory while keeping a separate boundary from another type of food-processing plant, namely tomato paste production.