BQ9000

What is BQ-9000?
The BQ-9000 Quality Management System is a standard for manufacturing biodiesel. It offers a model that can improve an organization through customer focus, management commitment, and continuous process improvement. BQ-9000 provides a certifiable, business-oriented set of requirements for a recognized standard of quality performance. BQ-9000 is managed by the National Biodiesel Accreditation Program, which is a voluntary program for accreditation of producers and marketers of biodiesel fuel. The standard is a combination of quality management system principles and biodiesel standard ASTM D 6751. BQ-9000 applies to producers, marketers, and/or distributors in the United States and Canada.
The National Biodiesel Accreditation Program is a cooperative and voluntary program for the accreditation of producers and marketers of biodiesel fuel called BQ-9000. The program is a unique combination of the ASTM standard for biodiesel, ASTM D 6751, and a quality systems program that includes storage, sampling, testing, blending, shipping, distribution, and fuel management practices.
BQ-9000 is open to any biodiesel manufacturer, marketer or distributor of biodiesel and biodiesel blends in the United States and Canada.
About the National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission:
Commissioners represent wide scale of interested parties
Nominated by the NBB President, and approved by the NBB Board of Directors
Although committee of NBB, NBAC has full authority for design and implementation of BQ-9000
Developed BQ-9000 as it stands today
Responsible for on-going improvements to BQ-9000

TWO CATEGORIES OF CONFIDENCE...
BQ-9000 helps companies improve their fuel testing and greatly reduce any chance of producing or distributing inadequate fuel. To receive accreditation, companies must pass a rigorous review and inspection of their quality control processes by an independent auditor. This ensures that quality control is fully implemented.

ACCREDITED PRODUCER
This category is for companies that produce biodiesel fuel to the ASTM D 6751 standard. The program ensures a production company is using a system for monitoring the quality of their biodiesel, including:
Sampling
Testing
Storage
Retain Samples
Shipping


CERTIFIED MARKETER

This category is for distribution companies who sell biodiesel and biodiesel blends. This is an important designation, because proper handling of biodiesel is as critical to fuel quality as proper production.