Silo-Type Tanks
Sanitary aspects of silo-type storage tanks for milk and milk products used at dairy processing plants.
About 30–40 hrs over 5 months · near-complete draft
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Follow the technical discussions shaping the 3-A Standards and Accepted Practices that your equipment and plant depend on. Choose from 10 working group projects.
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Your expertise belongs in the room.Real-world experience → stronger standards
Why participate?
Why Your Voice
Matters
Bring real-world experience into the standards that guide hygienic equipment design and processing.
Real-world knowledge
Industry Expertise
Equipment knowledge helps ensure 3-A Standards and Accepted Practices reflect modern fabrication, operation, cleaning and inspection practices.
Build together
Technical Collaboration
Work alongside fabricators, processors, regulators and other subject-matter experts to review technical questions from multiple perspectives.
Make an impact
Industry Impact
Your input can help shape hygienic design requirements used throughout food and dairy processing.
Different perspectives. One goal.
Who Should
Observe?
We welcome a diverse range of perspectives and technical experience.
Build it
Fabricators
Engineers, designers, equipment manufacturers, component suppliers and technical teams.
Use it
Users / Processors
Plant engineering, operations, QA, sanitation, food safety and processing professionals.
Evaluate it
Regulatory Sanitarians
Regulators, inspectors, sanitarians, researchers and other hygienic-design experts.
Your seat at the table
What an Observer
Gets
Observer seats are open to all interested parties. Every working group is supported by a 3-A SSI Work Group Coordinator.
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Follow the Discussions
Get real-time insight into the technical discussions affecting the Standards for equipment that matters to you.
Share what you know
Contribute Your Expertise
Bring your field experience to the group, in accordance with the working group process.
Grow your network
Meet the Community
Connect with fabricators, processors, regulators and other subject-matter experts across the sanitary standards community.
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Group Project
Find the Standard or Accepted Practice that best matches your equipment experience. Sign up as an observer for one project, or several.
Non-Coil Type Batch Processors
Sanitary aspects of non-coil type batch processors used to heat, cool or process milk and other fluid comestibles.
About 30–40 hrs over 5 months · strong starting draft
Sign Up as Observer →Disc-Type Valves
Disc-type valves with one- or two-piece bodies, used on product tanks or in product and solution pipelines.
About 35–45 hrs over 5 months · ballot comments to resolve
Sign Up as Observer →Supplying Air Under Pressure
Equipment and filters supplying compressed air for contact with food, from the intake filter to the point of application.
About 15–20 hrs over 4 months · lightest commitment
Sign Up as Observer →Mechanical Conveyors for Dry Products
Mechanical equipment conveying dry milk and dry milk products, from product entry to product discharge.
About 25–35 hrs over 4 months · closest to the finish line
Sign Up as Observer →Insulated Tanks
Hygienic requirements for insulated tanks used to store product or solutions, including at a maintained temperature.
Review of the current standard for the next revision
Sign Up as Observer →Blending Equipment
Minimum hygienic requirements for blending equipment used to combine or mix wet or dry products.
Review of the current standard for the next revision
Sign Up as Observer →Leak-Protector Plug-Type Valves
Inlet and outlet leak-protector plug valves used with milk and milk products on batch pasteurizers.
Review of the current standard for the next revision
Sign Up as Observer →Pasta Filata Cheese Moulders
Italian-type pasta filata style cheese moulders, including equipment for mozzarella, string and provolone cheeses.
Review of the current standard for the next revision
Sign Up as Observer →HTST/HHST Pasteurizer Systems
Construction, installation, testing and operation of HTST and HHST pasteurizer systems for milk and milk products.
Review of the current practice for the next revision
Sign Up as Observer →Supported from day one
The Onboarding
Experience
Structured support from the start. No prior 3-A experience required.
1
Orientation Webinar
A 30-minute walkthrough of onboarding and procedures.
2
Welcome
Welcome email with the project brief and access information.
3
Kick-Off Meeting
Meet the Technical Leads and Coordinator, review scope and ask questions.
4
Working Sessions
Agenda and materials arrive at least 72 hours before each session.
5
Ongoing Support
Mentorship and guidance throughout the project.
Ready to contribute?
Ready to Shape
Hygienic Equipment
Standards?
Not sure which project fits? Email info@3-a.org and we can help you choose.