CAC |
FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission |
CFU |
Colony forming unit |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FDA |
Food and Drug Administration [of the United States of America] |
GDWQ |
Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality |
JEMRA |
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment |
MCMC |
Markov chain Monte Carlo methods |
MRA |
Microbiological risk assessment |
PCR |
Polymerase chain reaction |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
A glossary of technical terms used in the text appears as Appendix B.