Regulators play a critical role in NSF standards development, conformity assessment programs, training and technical services through cooperation, collaboration and partnership.
NSF was originally established as the National Sanitation Foundation in 1944 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health as an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization. The mission of NSF is to improve human and planet health, a mission we share with regulatory agencies and personnel whose job is to do the same.