NIOSH-Approved Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators

Filtering Facepiece Respirator (FFR) Labels

Individual filtering facepiece respirators are required to have the following markings:

1. Name of approval holder/manufacturer business name, a registered trademark, or an easily understood abbreviation of the applicant/approval holder’s business name as recognized by NIOSH. When applicable, the name of the entity to which the FFR has been private labeled by the approval holder may replace the approval holder business name, registered trademark, or abbreviation of the approval holder business name as recognized by NIOSH.
2. NIOSH in block letters or the NIOSH logo.
3. NIOSH Testing and Certification approval number, e.g., TC-84A-XXXX.
4. NIOSH filter series and filter efficiency level, e.g., N95, N99, N100, R95, P95, P99, P100.
5. Model number or part number: The approval holder’s respirator model number or part number, represented by a series of numbers or alphanumeric markings, e.g., 8577 or 8577A

NIOSH recommends the lot number and/or date of manufacture also be included, however, this is not required.

Sample of a generic filtering facepiece respirator with appropriate markings.

FDA link: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/default.html