scope:

This 3-A Sanitary Standard applies to the sanitary aspects of equipment feet and supports used on equipment in a wet processing area of dairy, food and other comestible products plants, including dry processing areas cleaned with water. These feet or supports attach to the equipment and support the equipment from the floor. The feet or supports begin at the point where the feet or supports attach to the body or base of the equipment and ends at the contact point on the floor.

These feet and supports are not product contact surfaces but have a hygienic significance because they may become a harborage of soil and create a source of secondary contamination to the products.

This standard does not apply to Casters.

This standard does not apply to mounting to a Slab or Island.

This standard does not apply to supports that attach to a wall or ceiling.

To conform to this 3-A Sanitary Standard, equipment feet or supports shall conform to the following criteria for design, material of construction, fabrication techniques and installation, as appropriate, and the current revisions or editions of all referenced documents cited herein.