Food Law Acronyms

A  

ADI accepted daily intake

AFDO Association of Food and Drug Officials

ALJ administrative law judge

AMA Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946

AMS Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA)

ANPR advance notice of proposed rulemaking

ANZFA Australia New Zealand Food Authority (now named FSANZ)

APA Administrative Procedures Act

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Council)

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)

ARS Agricultural Research Service (USDA)

ARTCA Antimicrobial Regulation Technical Corrections Act of 1998

ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (U.S. Department of Justice)

ATPA American Technology Pre-Eminence Act of 1991

B  

BCP Bureau of Consumer Protection (FTC)

BNFs Biotechnology Notifications

BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease)

BST bovine somatotropin

Bt Bacillus thuringiensis

BTA Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, also known as the Bioterrorism Act

C  

CCFAC Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants

CCFICS Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Certification and Inspection Systems

CCFL Codex Committee on Food Labeling

CCP critical control point

CCPR Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

CCVDF Codex Committee on Veterinary Drugs in Foods

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CFCs chlorofluorocarbons

CFEA Criminal Fine Enforcement Act

CFIA Canadian Food Inspection Agency

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CFSAN Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA)

cGMPs current good manufacturing practices

Codex Codex Alimentarius (food code) of FAO and the World Health Organization

COOL country-of-origin labeling

CSI Consumer Safety Inspector

CSO Consumer Safety Officer

CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services (USDA)

CVM Center for Veterinary Medicine

D  

DAL defect action levels

DD District Director

DEEM Dietary Exposure Evaluation Model

DHHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

DIN Drug Identification Number (Canada)

DOC Documentary sample

DRI daily reference intake

DRV daily reference value

DSHEA The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

DV daily value

E  

ECE Economic Commission for Europe

ECL electrochemiluminescence

EDI estimated daily intake

EEC European Economic Community

EIR Establishment Inspection Report

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPIA Egg Products Inspection Act

ERD Emergency Response Division

EU European Union

F  

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations)

FAP Food Additive Petition

FCN food contact notification

FCS Food Contact Substance Notifications

FDA Food and Drug Administration (DHHS)

FDAMA Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997

FFDCA Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, also FDCA and FD&C Act

FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act

FMD foot and mouth disease

FMIA Federal Meat Inspection Act

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FORCG Foodborne Outbreak Response Coordinating Group

FPLA Fair Package and Labeling Act

FQPA Food Quality Protection Act of 1996

FR Federal Register (also Fed Reg)

FSANZ Food Standards Australia New Zealand

FSI Food Safety Initiative

FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA)

FTC Federal Trade Commission

FTCA Federal Trade Commission Act

G  

GAO General Accounting Office

GAP good agricultural practice

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GEMS Global Environment Monitoring System (WHO)

GEO genetically engineered organisms

GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration (USDA)

GM genetically modified

GMOs genetically modified organisms

GMPs good manufacturing practices

GPRA Government Performance and Results Act

GRAS Generally Recognized as Safe

GRNs Generally Recognized as Safe Notifications

H  

HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (system)

HS Handling Statement

I  

IAL informal action levels

IDF International Dairy Federation

IFA Infant Formula Act

IIC inspector-in-charge

INV sample investigational sample

IOM Investigation Operations Manual

IP information panel

IS Ingredients Statement

J  

JECFA Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

JIFSAN Joint Institute of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

JMPR Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues

L  

LACF low-acid canned foods and acidified foods

Lm Listeria monocytogenes

LMOs living modified organisms

M  

MAV’s maximum allowable variations

MEA multilateral environment agreements

MERCOSUR Southern Common Market

MFC Model Food Code

MIA Meat Inspection Act

MOU memorandum of understanding

MPAs marine protected areas

MPR Moisture Protein Ratio

MRAs mutual recognition agreements

MRLs maximum residue limits

N  

NAAG National Association of Attorneys General

NACMCF National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods

NAD National Advertising Division (Council of Better Business Bureaus)

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

NARB National Advertising Review Board (FTC)

NARMS National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System

NAS National Academy of Sciences

NCFST National Center for Food Safety and Technology

NCWM National Conference on Weights and Measures

NEFLE National Exchange for Food Labeling Education

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NF Nutrition Facts

NFP Natural Health Product (Canada)

NGO non-governmental organization

NIH National Institutes of Health

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NLEA Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service (Commerce)

NOAEL no observable adverse effect level

NOEL No Observed Effect level

NOP National Organic Program

NOSB National Organic Standards Board

NPRM notice of proposed rulemaking

NR non-compliance Record

NRC National Research Council

NRTE not ready-to-eat

NSIP National Seafood Inspection Program

NSRLs no significant risk levels

NW or Net Wt Net Weight

O  

OCI Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA)

ODS Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH)

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OFAS Office of Food Additive Safety (CFSAN)

OFPA Organic Foods Production Act of 1990

OIG Office of the Inspector General (DHHS)

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OOP Order of Predominance in the IS

OPA Office of Premarket Approval

OSHA Occupational Safety Hazard Administration

OTC over-the-counter

OTFP other than a food processing facility

P  

PCBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PDO protected designation of origin

PDP principal display panel

PHS Public Health Service (DHHS)

PIPs Plant-Incorporated Protectants.

PKU phenylketonuria

PLAS Prior Label Approval System (FSIS)

PMN premarket notification

PMO Pasteurized Milk Ordinance

PMPs plant-made pharmaceuticals

PN Product Name

POS point-of-sale

PPIA Poultry Products Inspection Act

PPIIA Process Production Inspection Improvement Act

Prop 65 Proposition 65

PUFI packed under federal inspection

Q  

QCPs Quality Control Programs

QTV Qualified Through Verification (USDA)

R  

RACC reference amounts customarily consumed

RACs raw agricultural commodities

RDI reference daily intake

rDNA recombinant deoxyribonucleic

Redbook FDA guidelines for development of safety tests

Redbook II the toxicological principles for the safety assessment of direct food additives and color additives used in food

ReGo reinventing government

RTE ready-to-eat

S  

S/C,SC or S Per Servings per Container

SAP Scientific Advisory Panel

SCOGS Select Committee on GRAS Substances

SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act

SE Salmonella enteritidis

SIS Streamlined Inspection System (USDA)

SL Signature (Address) Line

SOPs standard operating procedures

SPS Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

SRMs specified risk materials

SS or S/S Serving Size

SSOPs sanitation standard operating procedures

STOP Safe Tables Our Priority

T  

T/PT traceability/product tracing

TAAA Trade Adjustment Assistance Act

TBT Agreement Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

TBT technical barriers to trade agreement

TOR threshold of regulation

TPA trade promotion authority

TRAC Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee (EPA)

TRO Temporary Restraining Order

TSOPs temperature standard operating procedures

TTB Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (U.S. Department of Treasury)

TTI time-temperature indicators

U  

USC United States Code

USCS United States Customs Service (Treasury)

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USP United States Pharmacopoeia

USTR United States Trade Representative

V  

VCOOL voluntary country-of-origin labeling

VMOs Veterinary Medical Officers (USDA)

W  

WHO World Health Organization

WTO World Trade Organization