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ACP/OCT |
Africa Caribbean and the Pacific/Overseas Countries and territories |
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ADC |
Azodicarbonamide |
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ADI |
Acceptable Daily Intake |
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AINIA |
Instituto Tecnológico Agroalimentario (Agri-food Technology Institute) |
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ALOP |
Appropriate Level of Protection |
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ASEAN |
Association of South East Asian Nations |
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BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
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CAC |
Codex Alimentarius Commission |
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CAP |
Chloramphenicol |
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CCFH |
Codex Committee for Food Hygiene |
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CCFIECS |
Codex Committee for Food Import, Export & Certification Systems |
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CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) |
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CFIA |
Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
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CFSAN |
Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (USA) |
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COFI |
Committee on Fisheries (of FAO) |
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DNA |
Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid |
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EC |
European Commission |
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ELISA |
Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay |
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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 (USA) |
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FFPHG |
Fish and Fishery Products Hazard Guide (USA) |
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FIIU |
Fish Utilization and Marketing Service of FAO (Rome) |
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FVO |
Food and Veterinary Office (EC) |
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GAP |
Good Aquaculture Practice |
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GAO |
General Accounting Office (USA) |
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GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
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GC-MS |
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry |
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GHP |
Good Hygienic Practice |
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GM |
Genetically Modified |
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GMO |
Genetically Modified Organism |
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GMP |
Good Manufacturing Practice |
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HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
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HPLC-MS |
High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry |
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HPLC-UV |
High Performance Liquid Chromatography-UltraViolet |
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HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
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IAFI |
International Association of Fish Inspectors |
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IARC |
International Agency for Research on Cancer |
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ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
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JECFA |
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives |
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JFA |
Japan Fisheries Association |
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LC-MS-MS |
Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry |
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LNT |
Linear Non-Threshold |
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LOD |
Limit Of Detection |
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MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries (Japan) |
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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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MRL |
Maximum Residue Limit |
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MSC |
Marine Stewardship Council |
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NAI |
No Action Indicated |
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NIMBY |
Not In My Back Yard |
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NFI |
National Fisheries Institute |
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OAI |
Official Action Indicated |
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ORA |
Office of Regulatory Affairs |
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PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
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PPCP |
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Product |
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QIM |
Quality Index Method |
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RIVM |
Dutch National Institute for Public Health and Environment |
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SEM |
Semicarbazide |
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SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary |
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SRSV |
Small Round Structured Virus |
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TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade |
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TMA |
Trimethylamine |
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TVB-N |
Total Volatile Base Nitrogen |
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UK |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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UNIDO |
UN Industrial Development Organization |
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US |
United States |
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USA |
United States of America |
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USNRC |
US National Research Council |
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VAI |
Voluntary Action Indicated |
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VWA |
Dutch Food and Non-Food Authority |
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WHO |
World Health Organization of the United Nations |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
