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ACS |
Automated Commercial System (United States Customs) |
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ADI |
Acceptable daily intake |
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BIP |
Border Inspection Post (European Union) |
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BPCS |
Better Process Control School (in the United States of America) |
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BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
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CA |
Competent Authority |
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CAC |
Codex Alimentarius Commission |
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CCFFP |
Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products |
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CCFH |
Codex Committee on Food Hygiene |
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CCFIEICS |
Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems |
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CCRVDF |
Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods |
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CFIA |
Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
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CFSAN |
Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (United States of America) |
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CVC |
Certificate of Veterinary Checks (United Kingdom) |
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DSP |
Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning |
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DWPE |
Detention Without Physical Examination (United States of America) |
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EC |
European Commission |
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EEA |
European Economic Area |
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EFSA |
European Food Safety Authority |
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EFTA |
European Free Trade Area |
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EU |
European Union |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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FDA |
Food and Drug Administration (United States of America) |
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FD&C |
Food, Drug and Cosmetic colours |
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FRAN |
F-specific RNA coliphage of bacteriophage |
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GAO |
General Accounting Office (United States of America) |
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GHP |
Good Hygienic Practice |
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GMP |
Good Manufacturing Practice |
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HACCP |
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point |
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HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
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IAL |
Import Alert List (Canada) |
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IDR |
Import Detention Report (United States of America) |
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IRR |
Import Refusal Report (United States of America) |
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JECFA |
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives |
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JEMRA |
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessments |
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LACF/AF |
Low Acid Canned Food/ Acidified Food (United States of America) |
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MHLW |
Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (Japan) |
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MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
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MRA |
Mutual Recognition Agreement (Canada) |
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OASIS |
Operational and Administrative System for Import Support (United States of America) |
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Portable Document Format (file format developed by Adobe) |
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ppb |
parts per billion |
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QMPI |
Quality Management Programme for importers (Canada) |
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RASFF |
Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (European Union) |
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RTE |
Ready to Eat |
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SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary |
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SSOP |
Sanitation standard operating procedures |
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TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade |
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TDH/TRH |
Thermostable direct haemolysin /Thermostable direct related haemolysin |
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USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
