Why NSF?

Did you Know that NSF Protects Your Brand and Your Customers?

Trust
The food industry relies on NSF’s independent assessment for determining a product’s safety. We currently support 75 percent of the listed Fortune 500 food retailers and manufacturers with our food safety programs. In the last 60 years, NSF has grown to become a recognized global food safety leader in product certification, standards development and testing.

Global Acceptance
Multi-national companies find that the NSF Mark provides the highest degree of brand protection. NSF Registration and Certification is widely accepted throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, China, India and Africa. The NSF Mark on a product eliminates worries of inferior materials and assures purchasers of a product’s integrity and quality. Several of the world’s leading food companies mandate NSF Registered compounds in their food manufacturing facilities.

History
NSF is the only organization that worked directly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in adopting the former base USDA compound authorization program. Since its inception in 1999, the NSF Registration Program has developed more than 20 additional Registration categories, based on industry input and consensus elevating the former USDA program to new heights and keeping current with new technologies and formulations. See the Ask the Expert column for more information on the categories that have been recently added. Regulatory agencies, such as the FDA and USDA recognize NSF’s long-established role in protecting public health.

Mission
NSF is an independent, not-for-profit organization, dedicated to protecting and improving public health. NSF is the only body to include all three stakeholder groups in its program development processes -- the industry, regulators and end-users. As your partner and advocate in food safety, we are committed to protecting your product brand.

For more information on the services NSF provides, contact Sarah Krol at skrol@nsf.org or 734.827.6841