NSF to Provide Equipment Testing to Companies In Asia

SHANGHAI, China - NSF International earned ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from the China National Accreditation Service (CNAS) for its laboratory in Shanghai, China. This accreditation enables that lab to provide local, accredited third-party testing and certification services to food service equipment manufacturers with production facilities in China and throughout Asia, helping reduce testing turnaround times and shipping costs, NSF said.

The U.S. imports nearly $400 million in foodservice equipment annually, with China as a main driver with a compound annual growth rate of about 35 percent. The NSF Shanghai Testing Laboratory verifies the safety of foodservice equipment products by testing and evaluating them to NSF American national standards for sanitation, product design and construction.

CNAS ISO 17025 accreditation demonstrates that the NSF Shanghai Testing Laboratory follows internationally-recognized lab quality management practices.

"As customers; supply chains become global, it is crucial that they are able to obtain testing and certification services in Asia from the NSF Shanghai laboratory," said Tom Chestnut, vice president of NSF's Global Food Division. "Manufacturers now have local access to essential accredited safety and sanitation testing services that support foodservice equipment certification, to help gain product acceptance in markets worldwide."

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