3A Sanitary Standards and Practices Regulatory Connection

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3-A Sanitary Standards and Practices Regulatory
Connection

• Dan Erickson
• Harold Wainess Associates

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Safest Milk Supply in the World!!

• Application of pasteurization process to milk and
  milk products, one of the most significant public
  health advances in the last century.
• Adoption of the Grade A Pasteurized Milk
  Ordinance (PMO) nationwide.
• Pasteurization is not a stand-alone process.
  Sanitary design and construction criteria aid
  the pasteurization process in protecting milk and
  milk products. (From the Cow to the Carton!)

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PMO Section 7 Items 9r and 11p

• Note 3-A Sanitary Standards for dairy equipment
  are promulgated jointly by the Sanitary Standards
  Subcommittee of the Dairy Industry Committee, the
  3-A Committee on Sanitary Procedure of the
  International Association for Food Protection and
  the Milk Safety Branch of the US Public Health
  Service/Food and Drug Administration. Equipment
  manufactured in conformity with 3-A Sanitary
  Standards complies with the sanitary design and
  construction standards of this ordinance.

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Voluntary Compliance

• Grade A Milk.
• -NCIMS/ FDA Milk Safety Branch.
• Milk For Manufacturing.
• -State and Local Heath Authorities/ USDA AMS
  Dairy Grading Branch.
• (USDA Recommended Requirements state that All
  new utensils and equipment shall comply with
  applicable 3-A Sanitary Standards.)

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3-A Sanitary Standards and PracticesUser Point
of View

• Richard Smith
• Richard K. Smith, Inc.
• (formerly of Kraft, Inc.)

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• History of 3-A
• Dairy processing equipment is now cleanable,
  inspectable and stays clean in processing.
• Benefits to processor
• Lower Maintenance cost.
• Lower initial cost.
• Reliable.
• Equipment is standardized.

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Win-Win-Win!

• Processors know what they are getting.
• Equipment suppliers know what to supply.
• Sanitarians/regulators know equipment will meet
  their standards.

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3-A Sanitary Standards and PracticesUSDA
Perspective

• Philip Wolff
• USDA AMS Dairy Grading Branch

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USDA AMS PROGRAMS

• Dairy Plant Survey Program.
• Equipment not covered by 3-A Sanitary Standards.
• Equipment covered by a 3-A Sanitary Standard.
• Grandfathered Equipment.

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USDA AMS PROGRAMS

• Dairy Equipment Reviews.
• Criteria (3-A or USDA Guidelines).
• 3-A CCE.

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For more information.

• www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/grade.htm