The Importance of NSF Certification for Restaurant Tools and Knives

In the restaurant industry, sanitation and health safety have always been held at the utmost importance – and that has been even more so through the past year. National and international organizations, health codes, and other rules and regulations hold restaurants to high standards of cleanliness to prevent foodborne illnesses, cross contamination, and any other spread of germs and bacteria. In 2011, the U.S. government created the Food Safety Modernization Act, which transformed the nation’s food safety system by shifting the attention from responding to foodborne illness to preventing it. This Act prompted even more eyes to focus on the food processing and food service industries to ensure sanitation. 

The global, independent organization that was formed in 1944, the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), is dedicated to protecting and improving global human health. Manufacturers, regulators, and consumers look to the organization to facilitate the development of public…