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
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, Telephone: (703) 790-0295, Fax: (703) 761-6284. Copies are on file with the department and the reviser of statutes. Copies may be obtained from "3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. Online Store" at http://www.techstreet.com.
You may also search, order and download standards (in PDF format) by visiting http://www.3-A.org .
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 |
