Is food contact equipment required to be certified to a standard?

HI Everyone, 

for food manufacturing plants, is there a regulation that requires food contact equipment to be certified to a standard like UL or NSF?

Thanks!

Weebus

so UL is  a safety standard for the actual safety of the machinery and MAY be mandatory depending on where you are

YOU should be asking for sanitary design before purchase decisions are made

NSF is nice

To answer your question though, none are required as per FDA, USDA or GFSI.........you are however, required to have equipment that

Functions as intended

Is easily cleanable

accessible for cleaning

in good repair

These all apply for all food manufacturing plants no matter your inspection/regulatory body

No but you'll be subject to GMP's as defined in 21 CFR Part 110

No but you'll be subject to GMP's as defined in 21 CFR Part 110

21 CFR 117

As other have said no, but...one caveat; in the US Dairy Industry in Grade A facility equipment has to be certified to a 3A standard.

http://www.3-a.org/K...dards-Practices

Equipment with this standard are stamped and in some cases have a letter of certification.