Founded 1944
NSF International
Ann Arbor, United States
Public-health-focused standards development and certification body; developed and maintains NSF/ANSI 49, the design-and-performance standard for biosafety cabinets, and runs the enhanced and basic field-certifier accreditation programs that qualify technicians worldwide to perform on-site biosafety cabinet certification.
- Headquarters
- Ann Arbor, United States
- Founded
- 1944
- Website
- www.nsf.org
Notable facts
- Founded in 1944 within the University of Michigan School of Public Health as the National Sanitation Foundation.
- Functions primarily as the standards-setter and field-certifier accreditor for NSF/ANSI 49 rather than a direct on-site facility testing contractor.
Service categories
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