Abstract: Safety apparatus for a bacon press or the like including a transparent safety door movable vertically between a raised retracted position in which a slab of bacon or other work to be pressed may be readily placed in the press and in which a pressed slab of bacon or the like may be removed from the press, and a lowered position in which access to the movable parts of the press is blocked. Movement of the safety door from its raised to its lowered position initiates operation of the press. Partial opening of the door during operation of the press immediately stops the press. The door is automatically raised at the end of an operating cycle of the press. The safety apparatus also includes the provision of safety screens which may be readily raised and locked in their raised position to permit access to the press and which may be readily lowered.