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