31gily ingredients (for example: bones, nuts, ginger). If you use hard ingre-dients like onions or carrots, you have to steam them before adding themto the meet otherwise they can block the motor. If the motor is blockedturn off the appliance immediately and operate according to the instruc-tions ›Troubleshooting‹.Before the mincer is used for the first time, all parts – with the exceptionof the motor block – must be thoroughly cleaned in warm soapy water.To ensure that the mincer does not seize, never operate it under exces-sive pressure.Instantly switch off the mincer if the worm or knife get blocked by a hardobject and wait for approx. 6 seconds to be certain that the motor is nolonger running. Switch on the mincer after it has been cleaned.Never use force operating the appliance to avoid damage of the partsof the appliance.Never hold your face or other body parts over the feed funnel whenthe motor is running because little pieces of food could be thrown outof the feed funnel.Take care handling the crossed-blade knife because it is very sharp.Never put foreign substance or hard objects into the feed funnel.Never repair the mincer yourself. If you discover or suspect a fault, sendthe mincer immediately to your local service centre for competent exami-nation and repair.Store and use the appliance in a clean, frost free environment where itis protected from dampness, moistness and immoderate and extraordina-ry burden (such as: downfall, beat, overheating, moisture in the motorblock) .The mincer is intended for use in the household only!This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applica-tions such as:– staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments;– farm houses;