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List of abbreviations


CAC

Codex Alimentarius Commission

CCFFP

Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products

CCFH

Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

CFU

colony forming unit

CT

cholera toxin

ctx

cholera toxin gene

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDA-VPRA

The United States Food and Drug Administration draft risk
assessment on the "Public Health Impact of Vibrio
parahaemolyticus
in Raw Molluscan Shellfish"

g

gram(s)

GHP

Good Hygienic Practices

GMP

Good Manufacturing Practices

h

hour(s)

ISSC

Interstate Seafood Sanitation Conference

MPN

Most Probable Number

PCR

Polymerase Chain Reaction

ppt

parts per thousand

RAP

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

TDH

Thermostable direct haemolysin

tdh

Thermostable direct haemolysin gene

TLH

Thermolabile haemolysin

TRH

TDH-related haemolysin

trh

tdh-related haemolysin gene

USFDA

United States Food and Drug Administration

WHO

World Health Organization


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