Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 65 - Milk And Milk Products › Subchapter VI - Inspection and Enforcement › Appendix A - 3-A SANITARY STANDARDS AND ACCEPTED PRACTICES

Current through June 24, 2024
The following 3-A standards and 3-A accepted practices
					 establish criteria for the sanitary construction and operation of dairy
					 handling and processing equipment. These standards are published by the "3-A
					 Sanitary Standards, Inc., 1451 Dol-ley Madison Boulevard, Suite 210, McLean, VA
					 22101-3850, website
www.3-A.org
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3-A SANITARY STANDARDS
Doc. No.
Title (3-A Sanitary Standards for:)
Effective
00-00
General Requirements
10/2014
01-09
Insulated Tanks
11/2013
02-11
Centrifugal and Positive Rotary Pumps
7/2012
04-05
Homogenizers and Reciprocating Pumps
6/2012
05-15
Stainless Steel Automotive Transportation
								  Tanks
11/2002
10-04
Filters Using Single Service Filter Media
11/2000
11-09
Plate-Type Heat Exchangers
8/2010
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
17-11
Formers, Fillers, and Sealers of Containers for
								  Fluid Products
11/2012
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
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
26-05
Sifters for Dry Products
4/2007
27-06
Equipment for Packaging Dry Products
5/2010
28-04
Flow Meters
1/2009
29-03
Air Eliminators
8/2011
30-01
Farm Milk Storage Tanks
9/1984
31-06
Scraped Surface Heat Exchangers
9/2010
32-03
Uninsulated Tanks
3/2013
33-02
Metal Tubing
9/2009
34-02
Portable Bins for Dry Products
9/1992
35-04
Blending Equipment
8/2011
36-01
Inline Rotor-Stator Mixers
11/2003
38-00
Cottage Cheese Vats
8/1997
39-01
Pneumatic Conveyors for Dry Products
11/2003
40-04
Bag Collectors
3/2012
41-03
Mechanical Conveyors for Dry Products
1/2008
42-01
In-Line Strainers
11/1997
44-03
Diaphragm Pumps
11/2001
45-02
Crossflow Membrane Modules
11/2003
46-03
Refractometers and Energy-Absorbing Optical
								  Sensors
11/2002
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
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
58-01
Vacuum Breakers and Check Valves
8/2010
59-00
Automatic Positive Displacement Samplers for
								  Fluid Products
11/1993
60-01
Rupture Discs
7/2013
61-01
Steam Injection Heaters
9/2006
62-02
Hose Assemblies
11/2010
63-03
Sanitary Fittings
11/2002
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
70-02
Italian-Type Pasta Filata Style Cheese
								  Cookers
7/2013
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
74-06
Sensors and Sensor Fittings and Connections Used
								  on Equipment
8/2013
75-01
Belt-Type Feeders
6/2012
78-01
Spray Cleaning Devices Intended to Remain in
								  Place
11/2003
81-00
Auger-Type Feeders
11/1998
82-00
Pulsation Dampening Devices
11/2002
83-00
Enclosed Cheese Vats and Tables
11/2003
84-02
Personnel Access Ports for Wet
								  Applications
6/2007
85-03
Double-Seat Mixproof Valves
4/2014
87-00
Mechanical Strainers
11/2007
88-00
Machine Leveling Feet and Supports
12/2006
95-00
Transportation Tank Vents
10/2012
101-00
Pipeline Product Recovery Equipment Using
								  Projectiles
8/2012
603-07
Sanitary Construction, Installation, Testing, and
								  Operation of High-Temperature Short-Time and Higher-Heat Shorter-Time
								  Pasteurizer Systems
11/2005
604-05
Supplying Air Under Pressure for Contact with
								  Product or Product Contact Surfaces
11/2004
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
Method of Producing Steam of Culinary
								  Quality
11/2004
610-02
Sanitary Construction, Installation, and Cleaning
								  of Crossflow Membrane Processing Systems
7/2009
611-00
Farm Milk Cooling and Storage Systems
11/1994
612-00
Plant Environmental Air Quality
12/2011