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Acronyms and abbreviations


ACS

Automated Commercial System (United States Customs)

ADI

Acceptable daily intake

BIP

Border Inspection Post (European Union)

BPCS

Better Process Control School (in the United States of America)

BSE

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

CA

Competent Authority

CAC

Codex Alimentarius Commission

CCFFP

Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products

CCFH

Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

CCFIEICS

Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems

CCRVDF

Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods

CFIA

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

CFSAN

Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (United States of America)

CVC

Certificate of Veterinary Checks (United Kingdom)

DSP

Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning

DWPE

Detention Without Physical Examination (United States of America)

EC

European Commission

EEA

European Economic Area

EFSA

European Food Safety Authority

EFTA

European Free Trade Area

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDA

Food and Drug Administration (United States of America)

FD&C

Food, Drug and Cosmetic colours

FRAN

F-specific RNA coliphage of bacteriophage

GAO

General Accounting Office (United States of America)

GHP

Good Hygienic Practice

GMP

Good Manufacturing Practice

HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

IAL

Import Alert List (Canada)

IDR

Import Detention Report (United States of America)

IRR

Import Refusal Report (United States of America)

JECFA

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

JEMRA

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessments

LACF/AF

Low Acid Canned Food/ Acidified Food (United States of America)

MHLW

Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (Japan)

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MRA

Mutual Recognition Agreement (Canada)

OASIS

Operational and Administrative System for Import Support (United States of America)

PDF

Portable Document Format (file format developed by Adobe)

ppb

parts per billion

QMPI

Quality Management Programme for importers (Canada)

RASFF

Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (European Union)

RTE

Ready to Eat

SPS

Sanitary and Phytosanitary

SSOP

Sanitation standard operating procedures

TBT

Technical Barriers to Trade

TDH/TRH

Thermostable direct haemolysin /Thermostable direct related haemolysin

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

WTO

World Trade Organization


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