NSF International
The Public Health and Safety Company™

NSF International, The Public Health and Safety Company™, a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, is the world leader in standards development, product certification, education, and risk-management for public health and safety. For more than 59 years, NSF has been committed to public health, safety, and protection of the environment. While focusing on food, water, indoor air, and the environment, NSF develops national standards, provides learning opportunities through its Center for Public Health Education, and provides third-party conformity assessment services while representing the interests of all stakeholders. The primary stakeholder groups include industry, the regulatory community, and the public at large.

NSF is widely recognized for its scientific and technical expertise in the health and environmental sciences. Its professional staff includes engineers, chemists, toxicologists, and environmental health professionals with broad experience both in public and private organizations.

NSF has earned the Collaborating Center designations by the World Health Organization (WHO) for Food and Water Safety and Indoor Environment.

Serving manufacturers operating in 81 countries, NSF was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI USA. The NSF Mark is recognized for its value in international trade around the world and is respected by regulatory agencies at the local, state, and federal levels.

The NSF Water Distribution Systems Program is responsible for the Certification of drinking water treatment chemicals and drinking water system components to ensure that these products do not contribute contaminants to drinking water that could cause adverse health effects.

NSF/ANSI Standard 60: Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals – Health Effects is the nationally recognized health effects standard for chemicals which are used to treat drinking water.

Listings of products that NSF has Certified to this standard are available by clicking here.

The NSF Water Distribution Systems Program is responsible for the Certification of drinking water treatment chemicals and drinking water system components to ensure that these products do not contribute contaminants to drinking water that could cause adverse health effects.

NSF/ANSI Standard 61: Drinking Water System Components – Health Effects is the nationally recognized health effects standard for all devices, components and materials which contact drinking water. For more information on these two Standards click here.

Listings of products that NSF has Certified to this standard are available by clicking here.

NSF has served the point-of-use, point-of-entry Drinking Water Treatment Unit (DWTU) industry since 1968. NSF was asked then by the state drinking water administrators, and later by the USEPA, to develop consensus standards and certify health and aesthetic contaminant reduction claims for DWTUs.

These Standards have become important to manufacturers around the world as they seek entrance into this growing market. In 1996, NSF became a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Drinking Water Safety and Treatment, which positions NSF Standards and NSF Certified products to be embraced around the world.

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