Product Certification FAQs

There are regulations in place that require many products to meet NSF/ANSI standards. Many people see this as synonymous with having your product tested with NSF. In actuality, there are many certification bodies that are accredited to provide NSF certifications. Of these certification bodies, ALS offers some very distinct advantages. To learn more, contact your ALS technical staff.

ALS policy is to accept listing transfers from other certification bodies without duplicate testing. The transition generally requires submitting test reports as well as an initial compliance inspection. Most of the prominent certification bodies also accept ALS test reports as well should you chose to test with ALS and certify with another certification body. Just submit an application and your most recent test report from an accredited certification body for ALS to review.

Yes, regulators and specifiers from forty eight states in the US and most Canadian Provinces require and accept all accredited third party certifiers.  Accepting all accredited certifiers as equal is protected by US anti-trust laws.

Typically the process of certifying a product will take 6-8 weeks. ALS Truesdail Laboratory leads the certification industry in this area. 

Costs vary depending on complexity.  ALS Truesdail Laboratory maintains high quality while doing our best to keeping cost to a minimum. Please contact us for more information.