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• NEW FEBRUARY 2017! NSF 60-2016 Addendum to NSF 60-2016 Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals - Health Effects NSF 61-2016 Amendment to NSF 61-2016 Drinking Water System Components - Health Effects NSF 44-2016 Residential Cation Exchange Water Softeners The purpose of this Standard is to establish minimum requirements for materials, design and construction, and performance of residential cation exchange water softeners. This Standard also specifies the minimum product literature that manufacturers shall supply to authorized reqpresentatives and owners, as well as the minimum service-related obligations that manufactuers shall extend to owners. The manual, autoinitiated, and demand-initiated regeneration residential cation exchange water softeners addressed by this Standard are designed to be used for the removal of hardness and the reduction of specific contaminants from drinking water supplies (public or private) considered to be microbiologically safe and of known quality. Systems with components or functions covered under other NSF or NSF/ANSI Standards or Criteria shall conform to the applicable requirements therein. NSF 363-2016 Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Pharmaceutical Excipients This Standard is intended to define Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for excipient manufacture and distribution for use in drug products. It sets minimum requirements for GMP applicable to all commercially available excipients. NSF 321-2016 Goldenseal Root (Hydrastis canadensis) This Standard contains requirements for dietary supplements that contain goldenseal root as an ingredient in a dietary supplement as defined as a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combinations of these ingredients. With appropriate modifications to the testing methodology, this Standard can also apply to extracts of the ingredient. Products and ingredients deemed a hazard to public health or safety by a regulatory agency having jurisdiction shall be excluded from the scope of this document. JANUARY 2017 Additions NSF 55-2016 Ultraviolet Microbiological Water Treatment Systems The purpose of this Standard is to establish minimum requirements for the reduction of microorganisms using ultraviolet radiation (UV). UV water treatment systems covered by this Standard are intended for water that may be either microbiologically safe or microbiologically unsafe. This Standard also specifies the minimum product literature and labeling information that a manufacturer shall supply to authorized representatives and system owners, as well as the minimum service-related obligations that the manufacturer shall extend to system owners. NSF 20-2016 Commercial Bulk Milk Dispensing Equipment This Standard contains requirements for bulk milk dispensers designed to dispense servings of milk or milk products by manual or machine actuation. This Standard does not apply to dispensing freezers (soft-serve machines), vending machines, or manual food and beverage dispensing equipment covered by the scope of other NSF standards. Commercial bulk milk and milk product dispensing equipment materials and components covered under other NSF or NSF/ANSI Standards or Criteria shall also comply with the requirements therein. This Standard is not intended to restrict new design, provided that such design meets the minimum specifications described herein. DECEMBER 2016 ADDITIONS NSF 4-2016 Commercial Cooking, Rethermalization and Powered Hot Food Holding and Transportation Equipment Equipment covered by this Standard includes, but is not limited to, ranges, ovens, fat/oil fryers, fat/oil filters, griddles, tilting griddle skillets, broilers, steam and pressure cookers, kettles, rotisseries, toasters, coffee makers and other hot beverage makers, component water heating equipment, proofing boxes and cabinets, hot food holding equipment, rethermalization equipment, and hot food transport cabinets. Section 7 of this Standard pertains to food handling and processing equipment that has been designed and manufactured for special use purposes. Food equipment designed and manufactured with a security package is utilized in environments such as correctional facilities, mental health facilities, or some schools. For these environments, where both sanitation and security are concerns, 7 contains exceptions to this Standard that shall only be applicable to the splash and non-food zones of food equipment provided with a security package. Equipment components and materials covered under other NSF or NSF/ANSI Standards or Criteria shall also comply with the requirements therein. This Standard is not intended to restrict new unit design, provided that such design meets the minimum specifications described herein. NSF 58-2016 Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water Treatment Systems The purpose of this Standard is to establish minimum requirements for materials, design and construction, and performance of reverse osmosis drinking water treatment systems. This Standard also specifies the minimum product literature that manufacturers shall supply to authorized representatives and owners, as well as the minimum service-related obligations that manufacturers shall extend to system owners. The point-of-use reverse osmosis drinking water treatment systems addressed by this Standard are designed to be used for the reduction of specific substances that may be present in drinking water supplies (public or private) considered to be microbiologically safe and of known quality (except that claims for the reduction of filterable cysts may be permitted). Systems covered by this Standard are intended for reduction of total dissolved solids (TDS) and other contaminants specified herein. Systems with components or functions covered under other NSF or NSF/ANSI Standards or Criteria shall conform to the applicable requirements therein NSF 62-2016 Drinking Water Distillation Systems This standard establishes minimum materials, design and construction, and performance requirements for point-of-use and point-of-entry drinking water distillation systems and the components used in these systems. Distillation systems covered by this standard are designed to reduce specific chemical contaminants from potable drinking water supplies. systems covered under this standard may also be designed to reduce microbiological contaminants, including bacteria, viruses, and cysts, from potable drinking water supplies. It is recognized that a system may be effective in controlling one or more of these contaminants, but systems are not required to control all. Systems covered by this standard are not intended for the treatment of water that is visually contaminated (turbid) or has an obvious contamination source, such as raw sewage, nor are systems covered by this standard intended to convert wastewater to microbiologically potable water. NOVEMBER 2016 ADDITIONS NSF 358-3-2016 Cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipe and fittings for water-based ground-source (geothermal) heat pump systems This Standard establishes the minimum physical and performance requirements for plastic piping system components. These criteria were established for the protection of property, public health and the environment. The physical and performance requirements in this standard apply to plastic piping system components as well as non-plastic components of the ground loop heat exchanger including but not limited to cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipes and fittings used in water-based ground-source heat pump systems. This standard does not cover refrigerant based ground loop heat exchangers such as direct expansion (DX) systems. This Standard does not cover hydronic heating or cooling systems within buildings. NSF 14-2016a Plastics Piping System Components and Related Materials The purpose of this Standard is to establish minimum physical, performance, and health effects requirements for plastics piping system components and related materials. NSF 7-2016 Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers This Standard establishes minimum food protection and sanitation requirements for the materials, design, manufacture, construction, and performance of commercial refrigerators and freezers and their related components. This Standard contains requirements for refrigerators and freezers used to store and/or display cold food. The types of refrigerators and freezers covered by this Standard include, but are not limited to: storage refrigerators (e.g., reach-in, under counter, walk-in, roll-in); storage freezers (e.g., reach-in, under counter, walk-in, roll-in); rapid pull-down refrigerators and freezers; refrigerated food transport cabinets; refrigerated buffet units; refrigerated food preparation units; display refrigerators; beverage coolers; and ice cream cabinets. This Standard does not establish equipment installation requirements. While the requirements of this Standard are intended to ensure that equipment may be installed in a sanitary manner, proper installation of equipment shall be governed by the applicable codes. Refrigerator and freezer components and materials covered under other NSF or NSF/ANSI Standards or Criteria shall also conform to the requirements therein. This Standard is not intended to restrict new unit design, provided that such design meets the minimum specifications described herein. OCTOBER 2016 ADDITIONS NSF 50-2016 Equipment for Swimming Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs and other Recreational Water Facilities This Standard covers materials, components, products, equipment and systems, related to public and residential recreational water facility operation. NSF 401-2016 Drinking Water Treatment Units - Emerging Compounds/Incidental Contaminants The point-of-use and point-of-entry systems addressed by this Standard are designed to be used for the reduction of specific substances that may be present in drinking water (public or private) considered to be microbiologically safe and of known quality. Systems covered under this Standard are intended to reduce substances that are at very low, yet measurable concentrations but not at definitive concentrations of known health concern. These substances may be soluble or particulate in nature but their presence, even at very low concentrations, may influence public acceptance/perception of the drinking water quality. The systems addressed by this Standard are not intended for reducing these specific substances at higher concentrations that may have a known acute or chronic health effect. It is recognized that a system may be effective in reducing one or more of the emerging compounds/incidental contaminants listed in this Standard. It is not necessary that a device be able to reduce all the Emerging Compounds/Incidental Contaminants listed in order to meet the requirements of this Standard. Systems with components or functions covered under other NSF or NSF/ANSI standards or criteria shall conform to the applicable requirements therein. NSF 60-2016 Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals - Health Effects This Standard contains health effects requirements for drinking water treatment chemicals that are directly added to water and are intended to be present in the finished water. This Standard also contains health effects requirements for other chemical products that are directly added to water but are not intended to be present in the finished water. Chemicals covered by this Standard include, but are not limited to, coagulation and flocculation chemicals, softening, precipitation, sequestering, pH adjustment, and corrosion/scale control chemicals, disinfection and oxidation chemicals, miscellaneous treatment chemicals, and miscellaneous water supply chemicals. Contaminants produced as by-products through reaction of the treatment chemical with a constituent of the treated water are not covered by this Standard. Acknowledging the fact that indigenous microorganisms may be present in drinking water, products resulting in the intentional introduction of microorganisms for the treatment of drinking water are excluded from the scope of the Standard. SEPTEMBER 2016 ADDITIONS NSF 41-2016 Non-Liquid Saturated Treatment Systems The purpose of this Standard is to establish minimum materials, design and construction, and performance requirements for non-liquid saturated treatment systems. It is intended to protect public health and the environment as well as minimize nuisance factors. This Standard also specifies the minimum literature that manufacturers shall supply to authorized representatives and owners. This Standard contains minimum requirements for treatment systems that do not utilize a liquid saturated media as a primary means of storing or treating human excreta or human excreta mixed with other organic household materials. It addresses treatment systems that treat both solid and liquid waste, as well as those that only treat solid waste. Management methods for the end products of these systems are not addressed by this Standard. System components covered under other NSF or NSF/ANSI standards or criteria shall also comply with the requirements contained in those other standards. This Standard shall in no way restrict new system designs, provided such designs meet the minimum specifications described herein. NSF 359-2016 Valves for Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Water Distribution Tubing Systems This Standard establishes the minimum physical and performance requirements for in-line valves used with cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) systems. Establishment of these criteria provide for the protection of public health and the environment. This Standard applies to in line-valves for use in radiant heating systems, and hot and cold water cross linked polyethylene (PEX) distribution systems which are compliant with the requirements identified in ASTM F877 for PEX tubing systems. Valves meeting these requirements are rated for a minimum 100 psi (0.69 MPa) at 180° F (82° C). This Standard is supplemental to ASTM F877 and identifies additional requirements specific for valves. This Standard covers components intended for use in residential and commercial, hot and cold, potable water distribution systems; and sealed central heating, including underfloor heating systems. This Standard excludes supply stops and fixture fittings (faucets). AUGUST 2016 ADDITIONS NSF 61-2016 Drinking Water System Components - Health Effects This Standard is intended to cover specific materials or products that come into contact with: drinking water, drinking water treatment chemicals, or both. The focus of the Standard is evaluation of contaminants or impurities imparted indirectly to drinking water. The products and materials covered include, but are not limited to, process media (e.g., carbon, sand), protective materials (e.g., coatings, linings, liners), joining and sealing materials (e.g., solvent cements, welding materials, gaskets), pipes and related products (e.g., pipes, tanks, fittings), mechanical devices used in treatment/transmission/distribution systems (e.g., valves, chlorinators, separation membranes, point-ofentry drinking water treatment systems), and mechanical plumbing devices (e.g., faucets, endpoint control valves). NSF 18-2016 Manual Food and Beverage Dispensing Equipment This Standard contains requirements for equipment and devices that manually dispense food or beverages, in bulk or in portions. The materials, design, and construction requirements of this Standard may also be applied to an item that is manufactured as a component of food and beverage dispensing equipment. This Standard does not apply to vending machines, dispensing freezers, or bulk milk dispensing equipment covered by the scope of other NSF Standards. NSF 14-2016 Plastics Piping System Components and Related Materials The purpose of this Standard is to establish minimum physical, performance, and health effects requirements for plastics piping system components and related materials. NSF 2-2015 Food Equipment This Standard establishes minimum food protection and sanitation requirements for the materials, design, fabrication, construction, and performance of food handling and processing equipment. OTHER RECENT ADDITIONS NSF 46-2016 Evaluation of components and devices used in wastewater treatment systemst This Standard is intended for use with components and devices not covered by other NSF wastewater standards. Components and devices covered by this Standard are intended for use with greywater or blackwater or both. Management methods for the end-products of these components and devices are not addressed in this Standard. This Standard shall in no way restrict new system designs, provided that such designs meet the minimum specifications described herein. All devices and components meeting the scope of this Standard shall comply with all of the requirements described in 1 through 8. In addition, devices and components shall comply with the applicable subsequent section(s) contained in this Standard. Where subsequent sections of the Standard include requirements that overlap with those found in 1 through 8, the requirements of both sections shall be met unless otherwise specified in the requirements of the subsequent section. NSF 173-2016 Dietary Supplements This Standard contains requirements for dietary supplements that contain one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, an herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance for use by humans to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combinations of these ingredients. Products and ingredients deemed a hazard to public health or safety by a regulatory agency having jurisdiction shall be excluded from the scope of this document. Conventional foods are excluded from the scope of this Standard. Manufacturers shall exercise due diligence to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements, but compliance with this Standard in itself does not imply that all regulatory requirements have been met. NSF N-Nitrosopiperidine CAS # 100-75-4, Oral Risk Assessment Document This document has been prepared to allow toxicological evaluation of the unregulated contaminant N-nitrosopiperidine in drinking water, as an extractant from one or more drinking water system components evaluated under NSF/ANSI 61 (2011), or as a contaminant in a drinking water treatment chemical evaluated under NSF/ANSI 60 (2011). Both non-cancer and cancer endpoints have been considered, and risk assessment methodology developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has been used. NSF N-Nitrosomorpholine CAS # 59-89-2, Oral Risk Assessment Document This document has been prepared to allow toxicological evaluation of the unregulated contaminant N-nitrosomorpholine in drinking water, as an extractant from one or more drinking water system components evaluated under NSF/ANSI 61 (2012), or as a contaminant in a drinking water treatment chemical evaluated under NSF/ANSI 60 (2011). Both non-cancer and cancer endpoints have been considered, and risk assessment methodology developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has been used. NSF P151-14, Health Effects From Rainwater Catchment System Components This testing protocol covers gutters, barrier materials and/or catchment surfaces (coatings, paints, lining and liners) placed on roof tops and ground surfaces that come in direct contact with rainwater that is collected and used as drinking water.