News and Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 21, 2007
Email: trugh@3-a.org
3-A SSI Announces Updated 3-A Sanitary Standards
McLEAN, Virginia - 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. (3-A SSI)
announces the availability of two updated 3-A Sanitary Standards. The
revised 3-A Sanitary Standards include:
- Standard 84-02 Personnel Access Ports for Wet Applications—This standard covers the sanitary aspects of atmospheric or pressure-type
personnel access ports and associated covers for wet applications. They
may include the mounting flanges, hinges, covers, dust covers and may
be of the inside swing, outside swing, sliding, or removable types.
These standards do not include installation criteria. The revision of
this standard includes changes in the radii requirement in gasket retaining
grooves, or grooves in gaskets. In addition, a new subsection allows
smaller radii in the gasket groove used to secure the cover gasket to
the flange of the personnel access port
- Standard 20-25 Multiple-Use Plastic Materials—This sanitary standard covers the material requirements of plastics for multiple-use as product contact and/or cleaning solution contact surfaces in equipment for production, processing, and handling of milk and milk product(s). Test criteria are provided for plastics as a means of determining their acceptance as to their ability to be cleaned and to receive effective bactericidal treatment and to maintain their essential functional properties and surface finish in accelerated use-simulating tests. This standard does not apply to plastics for single service application or plastics which are of rubber or rubber-like origin resulting from chemical or thermal vulcanization or curing. This standard is also not meant to cover design and fabrication criteria for individual plastic components, because such criteria are provided for in other 3-A Sanitary Standards and 3-A Accepted Practices. The revision of this standard increases the allowable weight gain for Polysulfone resin (21 CFR 177.1655).
Copies of the documents are now available for purchase in electronic format or printed version through the 3-A SSI web site. A comprehensive list of all documents currently under revision is also available at the 3-A SSI web site at: www.3-a.org/standards/index.html.
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for consumers
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