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Browse the entire catalogue of 3-A SSI Standards. This list includes our sanitary standards, pharmaceutical standards and accepted practices. Each standard includes a summary, historical editions and purchase options.

3-a Sanitary STANDARDS

3A

00-02

General Requirements

Last Revision: 

2026

3A

3A 01-09

Insulated Tanks

Last Revision: 

2013

3A

02-12

Centrifugal and Positive Rotary Pumps

Last Revision: 

2020

3A

04-06

Homogenizers and Reciprocating Pumps

Last Revision: 

2021

3A

05-16

Stainless Steel Automotive Transportation Tanks for Bulk Delivery and Farm Pick-Up Service

Last Revision: 

2016

3A

10-04

Filters Using Single Service Filter Media

Last Revision: 

2000

3A

101-00

Pipeline Product Recovery Equipment Using Projectiles

Last Revision: 

2012

3A

102-00

Unitized Equipment for Automated Milking Installations

Last Revision: 

2020

3A

103-00

Robot-based Automation Systems

Last Revision: 

2016

3A

11-10

Plate Type Heat Exchangers

Last Revision: 

2020

3A

12-08

Tubular Heat Exchangers

Last Revision: 

2021

3A

13-12

Farm Milk Cooling and Holding Tanks

Last Revision: 

2026

3A

16-05

Product Evaporators and Vacuum Pans

Last Revision: 

1985

3A

17-13

Formers, Fillers, and Sealers of Containers for Fluid and Viscous Products

Last Revision: 

2020

3A

18-03

Multiple-Use Rubber and Rubber-Like Materials

Last Revision: 

1999

3A

19-07

Batch and Continuous Freezers for Ice Cream, Ices, and Similarly Frozen Foods

Last Revision: 

2008

3A

20-27

Multiple-Use Plastic Materials

Last Revision: 

2011

3A

21-02

Centrifugal Separators and Clarifiers

Last Revision: 

2022

3A

22-08

Silo-Type Storage Tanks

Last Revision: 

2004

3A

24-03

Non-Coil Type Batch Pasteurizers

Last Revision: 

2010

3A

25-03

Non-Coil Type Batch Processors

Last Revision: 

2002

3A

26-06

Sifters for Dry Products

Last Revision: 

2019

3A

27-08

Equipment for Packaging Non-fluid Products

Last Revision: 

2021

3A

28-06

Flow Meters

Last Revision: 

2019

3A

29-03

Air Eliminators for Milk and Milk Products

Last Revision: 

2011

3A

30-02

Farm Raw Milk Storage Tanks

Last Revision: 

2018

3A

31-07

Scraped Surface Heat Exchangers

Last Revision: 

2018

3A

32-04

Uninsulated Tanks

Last Revision: 

2020

3A

33-03

Metal Tubing

Last Revision: 

2016

3A

34-02

Portable Bins for Dry Products

Last Revision: 

1992

3A

35-04

Blending Equipment

Last Revision: 

2011

3A

36-01

Inline Rotor-Stator Mixers

Last Revision: 

2003

3A

38-01

Open Cheese Vats and Tables

Last Revision: 

2018

3A

39-01

Pneumatic Conveyors for Dry Products

Last Revision: 

2003

3A

40-04

Bag Collectors

Last Revision: 

2012

3A

41-03

Mechanical Conveyors for Dry Products

Last Revision: 

2008

3A

42-02

In-Line Strainers

Last Revision: 

2016

3A

44-03

Diaphragm Pumps

Last Revision: 

2001

3A

45-03

Crossflow Membrane Modules

Last Revision: 

2016

3A

46-04

Refractometers and Energy-Absorbing Optical Sensors

Last Revision: 

2019

3A

49-01

Air Driven Sonic Horns for Dry Products

Last Revision: 

2001

3A

50-02

Level Sensing Devices for Dry Products

Last Revision: 

2020

3A

51-01

Plug-Type Valves

Last Revision: 

1998

3A

52-02

Plastic Plug-Type Valves

Last Revision: 

1998

3A

53-07

Compression-Type Valves

Last Revision: 

2021

3A

54-02

Diaphragm-Type Valves

Last Revision: 

1997

3A

55-02

Boot Seal Type Valves

Last Revision: 

2010

3A

56-00

Inlet and Outlet Leak-Protector Plug-Type Valves

Last Revision: 

1993

3A

57-02

Disc-Type Valves

Last Revision: 

2008

3A

58-02

Vacuum Breakers and Check Valves

Last Revision: 

2018

3A

59-00

Automatic Positive Displacement Samplers for Fluid Products

Last Revision: 

1993

3A

60-01

Rupture Disc Assemblies

Last Revision: 

2013

3A

61-02

Steam Injection Heaters

Last Revision: 

2018

3A

62-02

Hose Assemblies

Last Revision: 

2010

3A

63-04

Sanitary Fittings

Last Revision: 

2019

3A

64-00

Pressure Reducing and Back Pressure Regulating Valves

Last Revision: 

1993

3A

65-01

Sight and/or Light Windows and Sight Indicators in Contact With Product

Last Revision: 

2008

3A

68-01

Ball-Type Valves for Milk and Milk Products

Last Revision: 

2023

3A

70-03

Italian-Type Pasta Filata Style Cheese Cookers

Last Revision: 

2019

3A

71-01

Italian-Type Pasta Filata Style Cheese Moulders

Last Revision: 

2002

3A

72-01

Italian-Type Pasta Filata Style Moulded Cheese Chillers

Last Revision: 

2002

3A

73-01

Shear Mixers, Mixers, and Agitators

Last Revision: 

2005

3A

74-07

Sensors and Sensor Fittings and Connections

Last Revision: 

2019

3A

75-01

Belt-Type Feeders

Last Revision: 

2012

3A

78-04

Spray Cleaning Devices Intended to Remain in Place

Last Revision: 

2019

3A

81-01

Auger-Type Feeders

Last Revision: 

2018

3A

82-00

Pulsation Dampening Devices

Last Revision: 

2002

3A

83-01

Enclosed Cheese Vats and Tables

Last Revision: 

2019

3A

84-02

Personnel Access Ports for Wet Applications

Last Revision: 

2007

3A

85-03

Double-Seat Mixproof Valves

Last Revision: 

2014

3A

87-00

Mechanical Strainers

Last Revision: 

2007

3A

88-01

Machine Leveling Feet and Supports

Last Revision: 

2019

3A

95-00

Transportation Tank Vents

Last Revision: 

2012

3-A ACCEPTED PRACTICES

3A 

603-07

Sanitary Construction, Installation, Testing, and Operation of High-Temperature Short-Time and Higher-Heat Shorter-time Pasteurizer Systems

Last Revision: 

2005

3A 

604-05

Supplying Air Under Pressure in Contact with Product or Product Contact Surfaces

Last Revision: 

2004

3A 

605-05

3-A Accepted Practice for Installation and CIP of Processing Equipment and Hygienic Pipelines

Last Revision: 

2021

3A 

606-05

Accepted Practices for the Design, Fabrication, and Installation of Milking and Milk Handling Equipment

Last Revision: 

2002

3A 

607-05

Milk and Milk Products Spray Drying Systems

Last Revision: 

2004

3A 

608-02

Accepted Practices for Instantizing Systems

Last Revision: 

2001

3A 

609-03

Method of Producing Culinary Steam

Last Revision: 

2004

3A 

610-03

Accepted Practice for Sanitary Construction, Installation, and Cleaning of Membrane Processing Systems

Last Revision: 

2018

3A 

611-00

Farm Milk Cooling and Storage Systems

Last Revision: 

1994

3A 

612-00

Plant Environmental Air Quality

Last Revision: 

2011

3-A Pharmaceutical PRACTICES

3A 

P3-A 001

General Glossary of Terminology Used In Pharmaceutical 3-A Standards

Last Revision: 

2008

3A 

P3-A 002

Pharmaceutical 3-A Sanitary/Hygienic Standards for Materials for Use in Process Equipment and Systems

Last Revision: 

2008

3A 

P3-A 003

Pharmaceutical 3-A End Suction Centrifugal Pumps for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Last Revision: 

2012

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