These standards cover the sanitary aspects of fittings and gaskets for fittings used on processing equipment and pipelines which hold or convey milk, milk products, or other comestibles. These standards cover the product contact surfaces of disassemblable joints on sanitary fittings.

Standards for fabricated hose assemblies are found in 3-A Sanitary Standards for Hose Assemblies for Milk and Milk Products, Number 62.

These standards do not cover:

Fittings, such as recessed ferrules, which are attached to a pipeline or equipment by means of soldering.

Recessless or rolled on fittings, except as allowed in Section D2.1.1.

In order to conform to these 3-A Sanitary Standards for Sanitary Fittings, fittings shall conform to the following design, material, and fabrication criteria, and the applicable documents referenced herein.