Gasket and Gasket Material Certification

NSF offers two services for the gasket industry — specific to products being sold into the potable water market:

• Certification of gaskets and gasket materials to NSF/ANSI/CAN 61.
• Certification of facilities that cut, repackage or distribute NSF/ANSI/CAN 61-certified gaskets for the potable drinking water treatment market; we do this through our official NSF gasket cutter program.

Both services offer certification to NSF/ANSI/CAN 61, the most recognized health effects standard in North America for municipal water treatment systems and products. This standard sets health effects criteria for chemical contaminants that may leach from materials, components and devices into drinking water.

If your products already use NSF-certified material, you can streamline certification. There are major advantages to certifying gaskets cut from NSF-certified material, because NSF already has the material formulation on file and has already tested the material. This can help speed up the process and also save you money.

NSF-certified gaskets have an important advantage: NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 is required by municipal water authorities in almost all U.S. states and Canadian provinces and territories.

In addition, your company and product will be featured in our NSF Product and Service Listings, and you can use the NSF mark on your product and in advertising.