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
- Legal name
- NSF International
- Employees
- 3,000+ team members
Geographic coverage
- Global -- services provided in 110 countries; headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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.
Verified credentials
- TIC Council (full member)
- PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center on Food Safety, Water Quality and Medical Devices
✓ = confirmed on the accrediting body's own public registry. (unverified) = the provider's own claim, not independently confirmed in a registry. Never take a certification claim at face value; verify directly with the issuing body before you retain a vendor. See methodology.
Service categories
Sources. This profile is compiled from public reference data, WebSearch-verified againstsource 1 · source 2 · source 3. Data as of 2026-07-11. See methodology.
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