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Abbreviations


ACP/OCT

Africa Caribbean and the Pacific/Overseas Countries and territories

ADC

Azodicarbonamide

ADI

Acceptable Daily Intake

AINIA

Instituto Tecnológico Agroalimentario (Agri-food Technology Institute)

ALOP

Appropriate Level of Protection

ASEAN

Association of South East Asian Nations

BSE

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

CAC

Codex Alimentarius Commission

CAP

Chloramphenicol

CCFH

Codex Committee for Food Hygiene

CCFIECS

Codex Committee for Food Import, Export & Certification Systems

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)

CFIA

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

CFSAN

Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (USA)

COFI

Committee on Fisheries (of FAO)

DNA

Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

EC

European Commission

ELISA

Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDA

Food and Drug Administration (USA)

FFPHG

Fish and Fishery Products Hazard Guide (USA)

FIIU

Fish Utilization and Marketing Service of FAO (Rome)

FVO

Food and Veterinary Office (EC)

GAP

Good Aquaculture Practice

GAO

General Accounting Office (USA)

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GC-MS

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

GHP

Good Hygienic Practice

GM

Genetically Modified

GMO

Genetically Modified Organism

GMP

Good Manufacturing Practice

HACCP

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point

HPLC-MS

High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

HPLC-UV

High Performance Liquid Chromatography-UltraViolet

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

IAFI

International Association of Fish Inspectors

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer

ISO

International Standards Organisation

JECFA

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

JFA

Japan Fisheries Association

LC-MS-MS

Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry

LNT

Linear Non-Threshold

LOD

Limit Of Detection

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries (Japan)

MHLW

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MRA

Mutual Recognition Agreement (Canada)

MRL

Maximum Residue Limit

MSC

Marine Stewardship Council

NAI

No Action Indicated

NIMBY

Not In My Back Yard

NFI

National Fisheries Institute

OAI

Official Action Indicated

ORA

Office of Regulatory Affairs

PCR

Polymerase Chain Reaction

PPCP

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Product

QIM

Quality Index Method

RIVM

Dutch National Institute for Public Health and Environment

SEM

Semicarbazide

SPS

Sanitary and Phytosanitary

SRSV

Small Round Structured Virus

TBT

Technical Barriers to Trade

TMA

Trimethylamine

TVB-N

Total Volatile Base Nitrogen

UK

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

UNIDO

UN Industrial Development Organization

US

United States

USA

United States of America

USNRC

US National Research Council

VAI

Voluntary Action Indicated

VWA

Dutch Food and Non-Food Authority

WHO

World Health Organization of the United Nations

WTO

World Trade Organization


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