这些标准涵盖了用于执行容器保持、成型、分配、填充、称重、除氧、关闭和/或密封功能的设备的卫生方面，以及作为包装操作的组成部分执行这些功能时对这些功能至关重要的所有部件。这些标准不适用于容器，也不适用于不属于包装设备一部分的管道。

These standards cover the sanitary aspects of equipment for performing the functions of holding, forming, dispensing, filling, weighing, deaerating, closing, and/or sealing containers, and all parts which are essential to these functions when they are performed as an integral part of the packaging operation. These standards do not pertain to the container nor to a duct(s) which is not a part of the packaging equipment.