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