About Tim Rugh
Timothy R. Rugh, CAE, has served as Executive Director of 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. since the group became organized as a new stand-alone entity in January 2003. 3-A SSI maintains more than 80 sanitary standards for equipment and accepted practices for processing systems used in the food and pharmaceutical industry. 3-A SSI also administers the 3-A Symbol authorization program to help regulatory sanitarians, fabricators, and processors assure that processing equipment conforms to the design criteria for acceptance by USDA, FDA and state regulatory authorities. 3-A SSI design criteria and marks are used by companies around the globe to enhance product safety for consumers of food, beverages, and pharmaceutical products.
