1728 W MARINE VIEW DR WSU FOOD SCIENCE 2019-07-08

NSF International Seafood 1728 West Marine View Drive Suite 223 Everett,WA 98201 SUBJECT: Operations of NSF International Seafood TO: Snohomish County Department of Environmental Health. NSF International Seafood is a business unit of NSF International with the parent headquarters located in Ann Arbor Michigan. The mission of NSF international is to Protect the Public Health through multiple services. The Seafood business unit has 3 distinct offerings of services it provides on a global basis: A. Consulting and Training B. Certifications and Audits C. Product Evaluations As part of the Product Evaluation process rooms are established that allow for the inspector to successfully evaluate a client's product based on a standard NSF method or by their end item specifications. This includes the use of a 3 compartment sink which is used to hold water when a requirement for deglazing seafood is necessary but the primary purpose of the sink is to properly clean,rinse and sanitize the equipment(knives,cutting boards,trays,baskets,scales, etc.) used in the performance of the product evaluation. The products evaluated are required to be disposed of by the method of freezing and then taking to a landfill or a transfer station to be disposed of through decomposition. At no time is any of the material assessed ever placed into any type of commerceor donated to any type of service for human or animal consumption. The use of the 3 compartment sink is to ease the ability to properly clean, rinse and sanitize equipment and is not intended to be.used in the production of any type of human or animal,food. Thomas White Global Manager Certification and Audits NSF International Seafood.