Technical Resource Center

Question & Answer

Please use the form below to submit your question to 3-A SSI. We will publish your question, without disclosing your identity, and the response.

We welcome questions concerning a specific technical aspect of a 3-A Sanitary Standard or 3-A Accepted Practice or an issue relating to hygienic design in the context of a 3-A Sanitary Standard.

This is intended as a public forum to provide information for general use; it is not intended to offer guidance on specific design questions specific to an individual product. Similarly, the information provided here concerning 3-A Sanitary Standards is not intended as definitive guidance on the interpretation of a 3-A Sanitary Standard.

Readers are encouraged to consult with an engineering/equipment design professional on matters pertaining to equipment design, fabrication or installation. For questions pertaining to equipment evaluation and conformance to 3-A Sanitary Standards in the Third Party Verification inspection program of 3-A SSI, consult with a Certified Conformance Evaluator.

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