Founded in 1944 as the National Sanitation Foundation, we changed our name to NSF International in 1990 as we expanded our services beyond sanitation and into global markets. The letters in our organization's name do not represent any specific words today.

NSF International offers standards development, testing, certification, auditing, inspection, consulting and training services tailored to your company’s needs. Our scientists and public health and environment professionals support your industry requirements and organizational demands. We have you covered, from product certification, laboratory testing and standards development for the food, water and consumer products industries, to pharma, biotech and medical device training and consulting, to management systems certification and beyond.