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3-A SSI's standards-modernization work is picking up speed. Ten Ad Hoc Working Groups are now active, and each is reviewing equipment-specific requirements against the 3-A Sanitary Standard for General Requirements (00-02). Those General Requirements set the baseline hygienic design criteria that every equipment standard builds on.
These five groups will revise four 3-A Sanitary Standards and one Accepted Practice:
The Disc-Type Valves (57-02) group has finished a proposed revision that brings the standard into line with the updated General Requirements. It is open for public comment through Nov. 16, 2026.
The review centers on five areas: rubber components beyond seals, plastic components beyond seals, radii exceptions, coil springs and product contact bearings. Spot something outside those five? Comments on any part of the proposd standard are welcome. Learn more about the proposal.
Commentingis as easy as 1-2-3:
Questions? Contact Eric Schweitzer, 3-A SSI director of standards and certifications, at erics@3-a.org.
Rosters of all voting members are posted on the 3-A SSI website Ad Hoc Working Groups page.
All 10 active working groups have open observer seats. Observers see technical discussions take shape long before a draft reaches public comment. They don't vote on drafts, but they may be asked to fill a voting seat if one opens. Along the way, they share field experience and connect with fabricators, processors, regulators and other experts. Learn more and sign up.
Register now for the final two sessions in the 3-A SSI 2026 Fall Webinar Series. (You'll get a link to see the first session too!)
At the EHEDG World Congress in Vienna, Austria, 3-A SSI Executive Director Meri Beth Wojtaszek saw how putting working groups and their volunteers front and center can energize a field. Here's what she brought home and how 3-A SSI plans to spotlight its updated standards at the 3-A SSI 2027 Summit on Hygienic Design.
At PACK EXPO 2026, conversations at the 3-A SSI booth kept circling back to confidence, easy access to information and new ways to get involved. Here's how to put those takeaways to work before the year ends.
A team from Louisiana State University earned third-place honors in the 2026 Student Hygienic Design Competition. Learn how they approached the challenge and what the competition meant to them.
