NSFANSI Standard 60 and NSF Do Brasil

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NSF/ANSI Standard 60 and NSF Do Brasil

• Dave Purkiss
• General Manager
• Water Distribution Systems

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NSFANSI Standard 60

• Establishes minimum health effects requirements
  for treatment chemicals
• Active Ingredients
• Is the chemical safe at its maximum use level?
• Impurities
• Are contaminants present below maximum allowable
  levels?

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Certification Process

• Company submits product formulation.
• Toxicology review of ingredients and potential
  contaminants.
• Inspection of production plant to verify
  formulation and collect samples.
• Testing of chemical at its maximum dose rate.
• Toxicology Evaluation of contaminant
  concentrations.
• NSF Listing if product is deemed safe.

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Products Covered

• Coagulation and flocculation
• Corrosion and scale control
• Disinfection and oxidation
• Miscellaneous Treatment Applications
• algicides
• fluoridation
• tracer dyes
• Water Supply Products
• cleaning aids
• drilling aids
• lubricating oils

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Regulatory Enforcement

• Strong Enforcement in North America
• 47 states require treatment chemicals to comply
  with NSF Standard 60.
• 3 Canadian Provinces.
• No formal adoption in other countries.

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NSF do Brasil

• Established NSF do Brasil in 2004
• Office in Sao Paulo
• Focus is on
• Bottled Water
• Treatment Chemicals
• Non Food Compound Registration
• ISO Registration

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NSF do Brasil

• Three current Listed Water Treatment Chemical
  companies in Brazil.
• Use NSF 60 as a marketing tool.
• No existing Standards/Certifications for
  treatment chemicals in Brazil.
• NSF Working with trade association ABIQUIM.
• NSF Working with Standards body ABNT, to promote
  adoption of NSF 60 as a Brazilian Standard.

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NSF do Brasil
João Ruocco Junior Manager NSF do Brazil Email
ruocco_at_nsfdobrasil.com.br Address R. Urussui, 71
cj 104 Itaim Bibi, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil CEP
04542 050 Phone [phone]
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Thank you
Dave Purkiss Phone [phone] Fax
734-827-7719 Email purkiss_at_nsf.org