Sanitary Products in Food /Pharmaceutical Industry

What is Sanitary to the Food / Pharmaceutical Industry ?

Here are some interesting facts

1) to some . anything that does not rust and looks shiny is sanitary
even Grade 2 B stainless steel pipes used for ornamental purpose are being used in some backyard food
manufacturers

2) there are also SS316 so called sanitary pipes are being used ,without complying to certain manufacturing
requirements

3) There are few standards of piping materials to meet your process need

a) Sanitary Standard
~ surface finish of Ra 1.6 or better

b) High Clean & Tri Clover
~ Surface finish of Ra = 0.80

c) Pharma standard
~ Surface Finish internally Ra =0.4 or better

The level of cleanability in a pump or eqiupment will determine the level of compliance to FDA,and there are few levels to meet each process requirement ( will be published later )

The Health Ministry has announced years ago Certification of High Risk Food to be Mandatory
to come under Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point

Hope serious enforcement will be carried out , although it is going to be a very
tough job to get the smaller manufacturer to comply and see the benefits

We had been busy trying to educate the our customer on the need of getting right material or pumps
for their application, but not sucessful as cost factor come first and compatibility last

Readers are welcome to contribute your findings and thoughts