3-A Sanitary Standards, 3-A Accepted Practices,

& P3-A Sanitary Standards

INDEX
Effective on or Before March 12, 2020
The following list includes the document number, title, and effective date of all published
3-A Sanitary Standards, 3-A Accepted Practices, and P3-A Sanitary Standards.

3-A SANITARY STANDARDS

Doc. No. Title (3-A Sanitary Standard for:) Effective
ANSI/3-A General Requirements 6/2017
00-01-2018

01-09 Insulated Tanks 11/2013

02-11 Centrifugal and Positive Rotary Pumps 7/2012

04-05 Homogenizers and Reciprocating Pumps 6/2012

05-16 Stainless Steel Automotive Transportation Tanks for Bulk Delivery and Farm Pick- 10/2016
up Service

10-04 Filters Using Single Service Filter Media 11/2000

11-10 Plate-Type Heat Exchangers 2/2020

12-07 Tubular Heat Exchangers 11/2003

13-11 Farm Milk Cooling and Holding Tanks 7/2012

16-05 Product Evaporators and Vacuum Pans 8/1997

17-12 Formers, Fillers, and Sealers of Containers for Fluid Products 3/2018

18-03 Multiple-Use Rubber and Rubber-Like Materials 8/1999

19-07 Batch and Continuous Freezers Ice Cream, Ices, and Similarly Frozen Foods 12/2008

20-27 Multiple-Use Plastic Materials 7/2011

21-01 Centrifugal Separators and Clarifiers 11/2006

22-08 Silo-Type Storage Tanks 11/2004

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23-06 Equipment for Packaging Viscous Products 11/2012

24-03 Non-Coil Type Batch Pasteurizers 7/2010

25-03 Non-Coil Type Batch Processors 11/2002

26-06 Sifters for Dry Products 12/2019

27-07 Equipment for Packaging Dry Products 1/2015

28-06 Flow Meters 2/2019

29-03 Air Eliminators 8/2011

30-02 Farm Raw Milk Storage Tanks 7/2018

31-07 Scraped Surface Heat Exchangers 1/2018

32-04 Uninsulated Tanks 2/2020

33-03 Metal Tubing 4/2016

34-02 Portable Bins for Dry Products 09/1992

35-04 Blending Equipment 8/2011

36-01 Inline Rotor-Stator Mixers 11/2003

38-01 Open Cheese Vats and Tables 3/2018

39-01 Pneumatic Conveyors for Dry Products 11/2003

40-04 Bag Collectors 3/2012

41-03 Mechanical Conveyors for Dry Products 1/2008

42-02 In-Line Strainers 1/2017

44-03 Diaphragm Pumps 11/2001

45-03 Crossflow Membrane Modules 12/2016

46-04 Refractometers and Energy-Absorbing Optical Sensors 11/2019

49-01 Air Driven Sonic Horns for Dry Products 11/2001

50-01 Level Sensing Devices for Dry Products 11/2001

51-01 Plug-Type Valves 11/1998

52-02 Plastic Plug-Type Valves 11/1998

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53-06 Compression-Type Valves 5/2009

54-02 Diaphragm-Type Valves 11/1997

55-02 Boot Seal Type Valves 8/2010

56-00 Inlet and Outlet Leak-Protector Plug-Type Valves 5/1993

57-02 Disc-Type Valves 5/2008

58-02 Vacuum Breakers and Check Valves 3/2018

59-00 Automatic Positive Displacement Samplers for Fluid Products 11/1993

60-01 Rupture Discs 7/2013

61-02 Steam Injection Heaters 11/2018

62-02 Hose Assemblies 11/2010

63-04 Sanitary Fittings 9/2019

64-00 Pressure Reducing and Back Pressure Regulating Valves 11/1993

65-01 Sight and/or Light Windows and Sight Indicators in Contact With Product 6/2008

68-00 Ball-Type Valves 11/1996

70-03 Italian-Type Pasta Filata Style Cheese Cookers 11/2019

71-01 Italian-Type Pasta Filata Style Cheese Moulders 11/2002

72-01 Italian-Type Pasta Filata Style Moulded Cheese Chillers 11/2002

73-01 Shear Mixers, Mixers, and Agitators 10/2005

74-07 Sensors and Sensor Fittings and Connections 3/2019

75-01 Belt-Type Feeders 6/2012

78-03 Spray Cleaning Devices Intended to Remain in Place 4/2019

81-01 Auger-Type Feeders 8/2018

82-00 Pulsation Dampening Devices 11/2002

83-01 Enclosed Cheese Vats and Tables 11/2019

84-02 Personnel Access Ports for Wet Applications 6/2007

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 85-03 Double-Seat Mixproof Valves 4/2014

87-00 Mechanical Strainers 11/2007

88-01 Machine Leveling Feet and Supports 10/2019

95-00 Transportation Tank Vents 10/2012

101-00 Pipeline Product Recovery Equipment Using Projectiles 8/2012

102-00 Unitized Equipment for Automated Milking Installations 3/2020

103-00 Robot-based Automation Systems 10/2016

3-A ACCEPTED PRACTICES

Doc. No. Title (3-A Accepted Practice for:) Effective
603-07 Sanitary Construction, Installation, Testing, and Operation of High-Temperature 11/2005
Short-Time and Higher-Heat Shorter-Time Pasteurizer Systems

604-05 Supplying Air Under Pressure in Contact with Product and Product Contact 11/2004
Surfaces

605-04 Permanently Installed Product and Solution Pipelines and Cleaning Systems 8/1994

606-05 Design, Fabrication, and Installation of Milking and Milk Handling Equipment 11/2002

607-05 Spray Drying Systems 11/2004

608-02 Instantizing Systems 11/2001

609-03 A Method of Producing Culinary Steam 11/2004

610-03 Sanitary Construction, Installation, and Cleaning of Membrane Processing 3/2018

Systems

611-00 Farm Milk Cooling and Storage Systems 11/1994

612-00 Plant Environmental Air Quality 12/2011

P3-A SANITARY STANDARDS

P3-A 001 General Glossary of Terminology Used In Pharmaceutical 3-A Standards

P3-A 002 Pharmaceutical 3-A Sanitary/Hygienic Standards for Materials for Use in Process
Equipment and Systems

P3-A 003:2012 Pharmaceutical 3-A Sanitary/Hygienic Standards for End Suction Centrifugal
Pumps for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients