NSF is seeking experts to serve on various NSF Joint Committees.  Members provide technical guidance, review and vote on revisions to NSF/ANSI Standards, and address public health and safety issues.  Members are needed to represent Users, Public Health and Safety/Regulatory and Industry stakeholders; and are defined below.

User is a person outside the manufacturing sector who purchases, uses, or specifies materials, products, systems, or services covered in the various scopes of the NSF/ANSI Standards. 

 

Public Health and Safety/Regulatory is a person from a public agency (local, regional, state, federal, or international) or represents a professional public/environmental health/safety organization, academia, or a model code organization. 

 

Industry is a person who produces, assembles, distributes, or sells materials, products, systems, or services covered in the scope of the standard.  Industry trade association representatives are included in this membership classification.

There are currently openings on the following committees: 

  • User members for the NSF Joint Committee on Drinking Water Treatment Units, NSF/ANSI Standards 42, 53, 55, 58, 62, 177 & 222;
  • User, and Public Health and Safety/Regulatory members for the NSF Joint Committee on Resilient Flooring, NSF/Draft Standard 332;
  • Public Health and Safety/Regulatory members for the NSF Joint Committee on Sustainable Textiles, NSF/Draft Standard 336;
  • User, Public Health and Safety/Regulatory, and Industry members for the NSF Joint Committee on Residential Equipment, NSF/ANSI Standard 184; and
  • User, Public Health and Safety/Regulatory, and Industry members in the areas of Bottled Water, Dietary Supplements, Sustainability and Environmentally Preferrable Products, Toy Safety to serve on the NSF International Certification Council.

 

Readers, please forward this request to your expert contact who would be interested in serving in this capacity.

Please contact standards@nsf.org for further details or to request an application.

 

NSF's standards are maintained using ANSI's "continuous maintenance" option, meaning that they are revised or reaffirmed at least once every four years.  For further detail, see NSF's standards development and maintenance policies. 

An issue document can be completed by any stakeholder to suggest a modification to an existing standard. The procedure for completing the issue document is available here. Issue documents can be returned:

By email to to standards@nsf.org

  • By fax to 734.827.6108
  • By mail to:

Standards Department
NSF International
789 Dixboro Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105