NFPA 61: 2008 Standard for the Prevention of Fires and Dust Explosions in Agricultural and Food Processing Facilities

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). 2008 Edition. It was issued by the Standards Council on June 4, 2007, with an effective date of June 24, 2007, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA61 was approved as an American National Standard on June 24, 2007. 36 p. This standard shall apply to all of the following:
1 - All facilities that receive, handle, process, dry, blend, use, mill, package, store, or ship dry agricultural bulk materials, their by-products, or dusts that include grains, oilseeds, agricultural seeds, legumes, sugar, flour, spices, feeds, and other related materials
2 - All facilities designed for manufacturing and handling starch, including drying, grinding, conveying, processing, packaging, and storing dry or modified starch, and dry products and dusts generated from these processes
3 - Those seed preparation and meal-handling systems of oilseed processing plants not covered by NFPA 36, Standard for Solvent Extraction Plants