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NSF International

NSF International, founded as the National Sanitation Foundation, works to standardize sanitation and food related requirements. Later expanding into other industries and changing their name to NSF International, NSF has a strong focus on food and water safety, as well as certification and testing for those fields. Serving companies in other 150 countries, NSF-developed standards play a key role in health codes in America and abroad. Standards from NSF are available both individually, directly through the ANSI webstore, and as part of a Standards Subscription. If you or your organization are interested in easy, managed, online access to standards that can be shared, a Standards Subscription may be what you need - please contact us at: [email protected] or 1-212-642-4980 or Request Proposal Price.

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NSF/ANSI 49-2024

Biosafety Cabinetry: Design, Construction, Performance, and Field Certification

This standard applies to Class II (laminar flow) biosafety cabinetry designed to minimize hazards inherent in work with agents assigned to Biosafety Levels 1, 2, 3, or 4. It also defines the tests that shall be passed by such cabinetry to meet this standard. This standard includes basic requirements for the design, construction, and performance of biosafety cabinets (BSCs) that are intended to provide personnel, product, and environmental protection; reliable operation; durability and structural stability; cleanability; limitations on noise level; illumination; vibration; and motor / blower performance.

NSF/ANSI 51-2025

Food Equipment Materials

This standard establishes minimum public health and sanitation requirements for materials used in the construction of commercial food equipment. The requirements of this standard are intended to ensure that the composition and surface finish of food equipment materials are such that a material will not adulterate food nor render food equipment difficult to clean and sanitize.

NSF/ANSI/CAN 61-2021/NSF/ANSI/CAN 600-2021

Drinking Water System Components - Health Effects

This Standard is intended to cover specific materials or products that come into contact with: drinking water, drinking water treatment chemicals, or both. The focus of the Standard is evaluation of contaminants or impurities imparted indirectly to drinking water. The products and materials covered include, but are not limited to, process media (e.g., carbon, sand), protective materials (e.g., coatings, linings, liners), joining and sealing materials (e.g., solvent cements, welding materials, gaskets), pipes and related products (e.g., pipes, tanks, fittings), mechanical devices used in treatment / transmission / distribution systems (e.g., valves, chlorinators, separation membranes, point-of-entry (POE) drinking water treatment systems), and mechanical plumbing devices (e.g., faucets, endpoint control valves). PLEASE SEE ADDENDUM TO NSF/ANSI/CAN 600-2021 AVAILABLE SEPARATELY

NSF/ANSI 173-2025

Dietary Supplements

This standard provides test methods and evaluation criteria for dietary supplement products to allow for the determination that the ingredients in the product are accurately identified, that the product contains the quantity of dietary ingredients and marker constituents declared on the product label, and that the product does not contain unacceptable quantities of contaminants, and to help ensure products do not contain ingredients at levels that pose a serious or undisclosed risk to consumer health. This standard provides criteria for determining that good manufacturing practices (GMP) were followed in the production of dietary supplements.

NSF/ANSI 2-2025

Food Equipment

Equipment covered by this standard includes, but is not limited to, bakery, cafeteria, kitchen, and pantry units, and other food handling and processing equipment such as tables and components, counters, tableware, hoods, shelves, and sinks.

NSF/ANSI 455-4-2024

Good Manufacturing Practices for Over-the-Counter Drugs

This standard is intended to define a standardized approach for auditing to determine the level of compliance of over-the-counter (OTC) drug products to 21 CFR Part 210 and 21 CFR Part 211, International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceutical for Human Use (ICH) Quality Guidelines, 1, 7 and 10, as well as incorporating additional retailer requirements.

NSF/ANSI 53-2020

Drinking Water Treatment Units - Health Effects

The point-of-use and point-of-entry systems addressed by this Standard are designed to be used for the reduction of specific substances that may be present in drinking water (public or private) considered to be microbiologically safe and of known quality. Systems covered under this Standard are intended to reduce substances that are considered established or potential health hazards. They may be chemical or particulate (including filterable cysts) in nature. It is recognized that a system may be effective in controlling one or more of these contaminants, but systems are not required to control all. Systems with manufacturer claims that include components or functions covered under other NSF or NSF/ANSI Standards or Criteria shall conform to the applicable requirements therein. Systems covered by this Standard are not intended to be used with drinking water that is microbiologically unsafe or of unknown quality without adequate disinfection before or after the system.

NSF/ANSI/3-A 14159-1-2024

Hygiene Requirements for the Design of Meat and Poultry Processing Equipment

This NSF/ANSI/3A standard applies to equipment intended for use in the slaughter, processing, and packaging of meat and poultry products, excluding handheld tools and mechanical belt conveyors.