JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Seventeen major biodiesel producers, representing 40 percent of the market, are now certified as meeting the National Biodiesel Board’s BQ9000 quality standard, according to eTrucker.com.

The BQ9000 standard is one of a number of “aggressive steps to improve quality” undertaken by the National Biodiesel Board, according to Joe Jobe, the board’s CEO. The standard, open to any producer or marketer, involves careful recordkeeping and repeated testing of every batch of fuel made, stored, and shipped.

The board also encourages the states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to enforce biodiesel fuel quality.