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:
Food Equipment
Food Equipment
Joint Committee on Food Equipment is seeking User category members, associated Standards: NSF/ANSI 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 20, 21, 25, 29, 35, 36, 37, 51, 59, 169, and 170
Food Processing Equipment
Joint Committee on Food Processing Equipment is seeking User and Industry category members, associatedStandards: NSF/ANSI 14159-1, 14159-2, and 14159-3
Residential Equipment
Joint Committee on Residential Equipment is seeking User and Industry category members, associated Standard: NSF/ANSI 184
Biosafety Cabinetry
Joint Committee on Biosafety Cabinetry is seeking User and Certifier/Testing Laboratory category members, associated Standard: NSF/ANSI 49
Health Sciences
Dietary Supplements
Joint Committee on Dietary Supplements is seeking Public Health/Regulatory and User category members, associated Standards: NSF/ANSI 173 and 321
Health/Fitness
Joint Committee on Health and Fitness is seeking Public Health/Regulatory and Medicine/Health category members, associated Standards: NSF/ANSI 341
Natural and Organic
Joint Committee on Natural Personal Care is seeking Public Health/Regulatory, User and Certifier/Testing Laboratory category members, associated Standard: NSF 384
Joint Committee on Organic Personal Care is seeking Public Health/Regulatory and Trade Association category members, associated Standard: NSF/ANSI 305
Pharmaceutical Excipients
Joint Committee on Pharmaceutical Excipients is seeking Public Health/Regulatory category members,associated Standard : NSF 363
Sustainability
Joint Committee on Health Based Emissions is seeking Public Health/Regulatory , (including NGOs and academic ) category members, associated Standard: NSF 440
Joint Committee on Sustainable Carpet is seeking Public Health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic) category members, associated Standard: NSF/ANSI 140
Joint Committee on Sustainable Commercial Furnishings Textiles is seeking Public Health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic), and Ingredient Supplier category members, associated Standard: NSF/ANSI 336
Joint Committee on Sustainable Dimension Stone is seeking Public Health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic) and Distributors, associated Standard: NSC 373
Joint Committee on Sustainable Flooring is seeking User and Industry category members, associated Standard: NSF/ANSI 332
Joint Committee on Sustainable Furniture is seeking Public Health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic) and Industry category members, associated Standard: ANSI/BIFMA e3
Joint Committee on Sustainable Service Providers is seeking Public Health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic), and User category members, associated Standard: NSF 391
Joint Committee on Sustainable Single Ply Roofing Membranes is seeking Public Health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic) category members, associatedStandard: NSF/ANSI 347
Joint Committee on Sustainable Wallcovering Products is seeking Public Health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic), Distributors and Users, associatedStandard: NSF/ANSI 342
Joint Committee on Sustainable Water Products is seeking Public Health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic) and Users category members, associated Standard: NSF 375
Joint Committee on Water Sustainability Chemicals is seeking Public Health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic) category members, associated Standard: NSF 416
Water
Drinking Water
Joint Committee on Drinking Water Additives – Treatment Chemicals is seeking Industry category members, associated Standard: NSF/ANSI 60
Joint Committee on Drinking Water Treatment Units is seeking Public Health/Regulatory and User category members, associated Standards: NSF/ANSI 42, 44, 53, 55, 58, 62, 177, and 330
Joint Committee on Public Drinking Water Equipment Performance is seeking Water Utility/User category members, associated Standards: NSF 419 and NSF 420
Plastics
Joint Committee on Plastics and RV Plumbing Components is seeking User and Public health/Regulatory (including NGOs and academic) category members, associated Standards: NSF/ANSI 14 and 222
Wastewater
Joint Committee on Wastewater Technology is seeking User category member, associated Standards: NSF/ANSI 40, 41, 46, 240, 245, 350, 350-1, and 360
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.
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