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The United States Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres (780,000 km2). Major divisions of the agency include the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, and the Research and Development branch. The mission of the Forest Service is "To sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations." Its motto is "Caring for the land and serving people." As the lead Federal agency in natural resource conservation, the US Forest Service provides leadership in the protection, management, and use of the Nation’s forest, rangeland, and aquatic ecosystems. The agency's ecosystem approach to management integrates ecological, economic, and social factors to maintain and enhance the quality of the environment to meet current and future needs. Through implementation of land and resource management plans, the agency ensures sustainable ecosystems by restoring and maintaining species diversity and ecological productivity that helps provide recreation, water, timber, minerals, fish, wildlife, wilderness, and aesthetic values for current and future generations of people.

Since 1987, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a network of independent companies in 59 countries, operating over 950 laboratories. Performing over 450 million tests every year, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing. Ever since its IPO on the French stock exchange in 1997, Eurofins has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies.

Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting and improving human health and the environment on a global scale. NSF International is an independent organization that facilitates standards development, product certification, testing, auditing, education and risk management for public health and the environment. Manufacturers, regulators and consumers alike look to NSF for the development of public health standards and certification that help protect the world’s food, water, health and consumer products. Widely recognized for its scientific and technical expertise in the health and environmental sciences, NSF is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Food Safety, Water Quality and Indoor Environment. NSF operates more than 320,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratory space and serves companies in more than 173 countries worldwide. Its 2,500 plus staff includes microbiologists, toxicologists, chemists, engineers, and environmental and public health professionals. Visit us at www.nsf.org.