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7 Pa. Code § 37.102. Group A.

§ 37.102. Group A.

 Effort shall be made to have equipment in Group A conform to 3A Sanitary Standards, which are promulgated jointly by the Committee on Sanitary Procedures, International Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians, Inc., Blue Ridge Road, P. O. Box 437, Shelbyville, Indiana 46176; the United States Public Health Service, Milk and Food Branch, Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 20201; and the Sanitary Standards Subcommittee, Dairy Industry Committee. Standards are as follows:

   (1)  Pumps. ‘‘3A Sanitary Standards for Pumps for Milk and Milk Products,’’ including both centrifugal and rotary pumps, as amended April 30, 1952.

   (2)  Valves. ‘‘3A Sanitary Standards for Inlet and Outlet Leak Protector Plug Valves for Batch Pasteurizers,’’ dated October 8, 1952.

   (3)  Milk and milk products equipment. ‘‘3A Sanitary Standards for Fittings and Connections Used on Milk and Milk Products Equipment,’’ dated March 1950; ‘‘Supplement No. 1 to the 3A Sanitary Standards for Thermometer Fittings and Connections Used on Milk and Milk Products Equipment,’’ dated August 1954; ‘‘Supplement No. 2 to the 3A Sanitary Standards for Fittings Used on Milk and Milk Products Equipment and Used on Sanitary Lines Conducting Milk and Milk Products,’’ dated June 1952; ‘‘Supplement No. 3 to the 3A Sanitary Standards for Fittings Used on Milk and Milk Products Equipment and Used on Sanitary Lines Conducting Milk and Milk Products,’’ dated April 26, 1955; ‘‘Supplement No. 4 to the 3A Sanitary Standards for Fittings Used on Milk and Milk Products Equipment and Used on Sanitary Lines Conducting Milk and Milk Products,’’ dated April 26, 1955; ‘‘Supplement No. 5 to the 3A Sanitary Standards for Fittings Used on Milk and Milk Products Equipment and Used on Sanitary Lines Conducting Milk and Milk Products,’’ dated April 26, 1955; and ‘‘Supplement No. 6 to the 3A Sanitary Standards for Fittings Used on Milk and Milk Products Equipment and Used on Sanitary Lines Conducting Milk and Milk Products,’’ dated April 26, 1955.

   (4)  Heat exchangers. ‘‘3A Sanitary Standards of Plate Type Heat Exchangers for Milk and Milk Products,’’ dated September 1951, or ‘‘3A Sanitary Standards for Internal Return Tubular Heat Exchangers for Use with Milk and Milk Products,’’ dated April 29, 1952.

   (5)  Pasteurizers. ‘‘3A Accepted Practices for the Sanitary Construction, Installation, Testing, and Operation of High-Temperature, Short-Time Pasteurizers,’’ published June 1958.



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