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Abbreviations


AFB1

Aflatoxin B1

AFBI/G1

Aflatoxins B1+G1

AFG1

Aflatoxin G1

AFM1

Aflatoxin M1

AFT

Total aflatoxins

AGA

Agaric acid

ALARA

As low as reasonably achievable

AOAC

Association of Official Analytical Chemists

AOCS

American Oil Chemists’ Society

AQA

Analytical quality assurance

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BCR

Bureau Communautaire de Référence

CAC

Codex Alimentarius Commission

CCFAC

Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants

CEN

Comité Européen de Normalisation/European Standardization Committee

CGC

Canadian Grain Commission

DAS

Diacetoxyscirpenol

DON

Deoxynivalenol

EC

European Commission

EFSA

European Food Safety Authority

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

ERG

Ergot alkaloids

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAPAS

Food analysis performance assessment scheme

FDA

Food and Drug Administration, United States of America

FLEP

Food law enforcement practitioners

FUMB1

Fumonisin B1

FUMB1/2

Fumonisins B1+B2

FUMB1/2/3

Fumonisins B1+B2+B3

HT-2

HT-2 toxin

JECFA

Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives

JRC/IRMM

Joint Research Centre/Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements

MERCOSUR

Mercado Comun del Sur

NOAEL

No-observed-adverse-effect-level

OCP

Origin Certification Programme

OTA

Ochratoxin A

PAT

Patulin

PHO

Phomopsins

PMTDI

Provisional maximum tolerable daily intake

PTDI

Provisional tolerable daily intake

PTWI

Provisional tolerable weekly intake

SCOOP

Scientific cooperation on questions relating to food

SMT

Standards, measurements and testing

STE

Sterigmatocystin

T-2

T-2 toxin

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

WHO

World Health Organization

ZEN

Zearalenone


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