AAT

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

ADI

Acceptable daily intake

AFFA

see Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry                                                                                          

AFTA

ASEAN Free Trade Area

AGAL

Australian Government Analytical Laboratory

ALGA

Australian Local Government Association

ANAO

Australian National Audit Office

ANZFA

Australia New Zealand Food Authority

ANZFA Act

Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1991

ANZFRMC

Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council

ANZFSC

Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Forum)

APVMA

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

AQIS

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

ASEAN

Association of South-East Asian Nations

ATDS

Australian Total Diet Survey

AusAID

Australian Agency for International Development

ATO

Australian Taxation Office

AWAs

Australian Workplace Agreements

BRS

Bureau of Rural Sciences

BSE

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

CCPR

Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

CEP

Closer Economic Partnership

CER

Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Agreement

CJD

Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

Codex

Codex Alimentarius Commission and its Committees

CPSU

Community and Public Sector Union

DAFF

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

DEH

Department of Environment and Heritage

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

DHA

docosahexaenoic acid

DIAMOND

Dietary Modelling of Nutritional Data

DISC

Food Standards Development and Implementation Sub Committee

DoHA

Department of Health and Ageing

ERLs

Extraneous Residue Limits

ERMA

Environmental Risk Management Authority (NZ)

ESR

New Zealand Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited

EU

European Union

EC

European Commission

FANO

Federation of Australian Nutrition Organisations

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FOI

Freedom of Information

FRSC

Food Regulation Standing Committee

FSA

Food Science Australia

FSANZ

Food Standards Australia New Zealand

FSANZ Act

Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

FSC

Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

FSIC

Food Safety Information Council

GELs

Generally expected levels for metal contaminants

GM

Genetically Modified

GMAC

Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee

GMF

Genetically Modified Food

GMO

Genetically Modified Organism

HACCP

hazard analysis critical control point

HREOC

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

HSNO

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (NZ)

IFAC

Imported Food Advisory Committee

IFIP

Imported Food Inspection Program

IGA

Inter-Government Agreement

IT

Information Technology

IWG

Senior Food Officer Implementation Working Group

LDP

Leadership Development Program

MAIF

Marketing in Australia of Infant formula Agreement

MEAA

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MRLs

Maximum Residue Limits

NZODA

New Zealand Official development Assistance Program

NZFSA

New Zealand Food Safety Authority

NICNAS

National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme

NRA

National Registration Authority for Agricultural and veterinary Chemicals

NTD

Neural Tube Defects

NUTTAB

Nutrient Composition Database

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OGTR

Office of the Gene Technology Regulator

OH&S

Occupational Health and Safety

PRP

Project Review Panel

RIS

Regulatory Impact Statement

SDC

Standards Development Committee

SFOs

Senior Food Officers

SIGNAL

Strategic Intergovernmental Nutrition Alliance

SOWG

Senior Officials’ Working Group on Food Regulation

SPS Agreement

Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

STAMEQ

Directorate of Standards and Quality (Vietnam)

TAG

Technical Advisory Group

TBT Agreement

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

TGA

Therapeutic Goods Administration

THC

Tetrahydrocannabinol

TILF

Trade and Investment Liberalisation and Facilitation

USFDA

United States Food and Drug Administration

WHO

World Health Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization