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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT


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.


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