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This 2016 annual report covers 3-A's operations during 2015.

The following guidance shall be used by the CCE when performing TPV evaluations. This guidance is effective immediately upon receipt and shall be used until revoked or included in an up-date of the TPV Manual.

FSMA was signed into law in 2011 and, per FDA, it is a new food safety system based upon prevention. This presentation takes a view on 3-A Sanitary Standards from the perspective of FSMA law and focuses on practical aspects of how adhering to 3-A Standards and Practices would help meet FSMA requirements in such aspects as hazard Analysis and risk-based preventative controls, sanitary food transportation, and others.

Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and China are strategic markets for food equipment manufacturers, be it sourcing equipment components or selling equipment produced in the U.S. The presentation goes over some standards related to stainless steel in these countries.

Increasing the quality and shelf life of dairy products would bring considerable economic advantages to dairy food processors. This presentation goes over some dairy microbiology facts and discusses some pros and cons of technology improvements to increase the shelf life of dairy products.

The author states that between 3.5-4% of the U.S. population have a food allergy and the prevalence of food allergies is increasing. With just milligrams of an allergen sufficient to negatively impact an individual with allergies, an effective allergen control plan must be in place. This presentation covers effective allergen control strategies and risk factors.

Provides guidance to the CCEs on proper inspection of potential voids behind seals and gaskets.

FSMA's preventive controls requirments are a set of comprehensive regulations that food processors, food equipment manufacturers and other parties must adhere to ensure compliance. This presentation goves over 7 Foundation FSMA rules, that regulate safe food for humans, animals, transportation, provide standards for third party suppliers of food processing equipment.

Provides guidance to the CCEs when performing TPV inspections and amending certificates with new information requirements.

With regulatory sanitarians being one of the three stakeholder groups to develop 3-A Sanitary Standards, you can be sure that its Standards and Practices adhere to main food safety requirements. This presentation gives an overview of FSMA and some of the CFR provisions, most relevant to equipment fabricators and food processors.