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On World Standards Day, 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. joins the global standards community in recognizing the experts, volunteers and organizations whose collaborative work turns technical knowledge into standards that serve industry and the public.
World Standards Day is observed annually on October 14 by the members of ISO, IEC and ITU to recognize the collaborative efforts of experts who develop voluntary International Standards. The 2026 theme is “Shared vision for a better world: Spotlight on SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy.”
At 3-A SSI, this year's World Standards Day arrives at an especially appropriate moment. Across the organization's standards-development program, technical experts representing equipment fabricators, processors and users, regulators and other stakeholders are actively participating in the development and maintenance of hygienic equipment standards.
Five new 3-A SSI Ad Hoc Working Groups are moving from canvassing and formation into project kickoff:
3-A SSI's canvass sought expertise from fabricators, processors and users, regulators, inspectors, researchers and hygienic-design specialists, with opportunities to participate as voting members or observers.
Another group of 3-A SSI projects is further along in the development process, addressing:
These projects are part of 3-A SSI's broader standards-modernization work, including review of equipment-specific requirements in relation to the 3-A Sanitary Standard for General Requirements (00-02).
The Disc-Type Valves (57-02) project has already produced a proposed update that is currently open for public comment with a Nov. 16, 2026, deadline.
The work is supported not only by voting members but also by observers.
All 10 of the active Working Groups remain open to volunteers who would like to join as an observer.
Interested in observing? Read more and volunteer.
On World Standards Day, 3-A SSI thanks the volunteers, technical experts, industry participants, regulators and stakeholders who contribute their knowledge and time to the consensus process.
Their work helps ensure that 3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practices continue to provide practical, technically sound hygienic-design criteria for the industries they serve.
Happy World Standards Day from 3-A SSI.
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!)
Five groups are kicking off, five are deep in technical review andone proposed update is already open for comment.
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.
