3-A SSI's Eric Schweitzer to Speak at IAFP Annual Meeting

3-A SSI Director, Standards and Certifications Eric Schweitzer will speak in two sessions at the IAFP 2026 Annual Meeting. Stop by these sessions to show your support for Eric and 3-A (and be sure to say hello).

"Hygienic Restoration: Rethinking Risk, Investment, and Continuity in Food Facilities”

Monday, Jul 27, from 10:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m.

Room 225-227

In this session, a panel of experts will wrestle with the difficult (but common) dilemma posed by legacy facilities that were built for performance, not necessarily for hygiene.

Panelists will challenge conventional thinking about infrastructure and equipment upgrades, exploring "good, better, and best" solutions and how to weigh them through the lens of total cost of ownership, not just upfront expense.

The session will also look at the case for investment in hygienic restoration over other capital priorities and the balance between project execution and production continuity once construction is underway.

“Translating 100 Years of Hygienic Design from Food Processing Environments into Food Service, Food Retail Equipment, and Facility Design”

Tuesday, July 28, from 10:45 a.m.to 12:15 p.m.

Room 210

3-A Sanitary Standards and, more generally, hygienic design has been "a thing" in the food processing industry for decades. Food service and food retail environments, however, have been slower to embrace hygienic design concepts. 

This roundtable will bring together a group of experts to discuss how learning and experience from food processing hygienic design implementation can flow to food service and retail.