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NSF International
Created within Univ. of Michigan in 1944
Third party, NGO, NPO
Accredited by ANSI and SCC
Standards development and product certification
Management system registration
WHO Collaborating Centre for food, water and
environmental safety
1999
USDA Requirements
1998
-USDA authorization
-Self-certification
-Third party registration
2001
2000
2002
2004
Sunset
2003
(23)
Cleaners
(37)
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Lubricants
(12)
Water Treatment
(16)
(18)
(33)
(10)
(11)
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H1 Registration
21 CFR 178.3570
Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS)
2700 products listed
250 companies listed
HX-1 Registration
USDA reviewed but did not list raw materials
HX-1 covers raw materials
Registration based on 21 CFR 178.3570 and GRAS
Raw materials not listed in CFR must be FDA
approved prior to HX-1 Registration
LOO
GRAS
TOR
FCN
HT-1 Registration
Incidental food contact heat transfer fluids
USDA listed under P1 (miscellaneous)
Registration based on 21 CFR 178.3570, part 172
(direct food additives) or GRAS
Immersion/spray type must conform to part 172 or
GRAS
H2 Registration
Must conform to NSF Guideline 5.1
No carcinogens, mutagens, teratogens, mineral acids
No odorous substances
No intentionally added heavy metals
ISO Standard
NSF participates on the ISO TC Work Group
NSF requesting to be the standards development
organization to administer the US adoption of the
standard
International Collaborations
Australian Quarantine Inspection Agency (AQIS)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
EPP Background
Executive Order 13101, Greening the Government
Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal
Acquisition (1998)
EPA to develop guidance for governmental
purchasing of products and services
NSF received grant to evaluate potential for
development of voluntary consensus standards
What is EPP?
Products that have a lesser or reduced effect on
human health and the environment when compared
to competing products that serve the same purpose
The product comparison may consider research and
development, raw materials acquisition, production,
manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse,
operation, maintenance, or disposal. (EO 13101,
Section 201)
Goals of Standard
Ensure that manufacture has a continuously
improvable PDP-EMS in place for developing an EPP
Promote environmentally preferable purchasing
practices among consumers, industry and
government purchasers world wide
Distribution
Use/Performance of Product
Disposal of Product/Package
-PBT