| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ADI | Acceptable daily intake |
| AFGC | Australian Food and Grocery Council |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| APVMA | Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
| ATDS | Australian Total Diet Study |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| CCCF | Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food |
| CCFA | Codex Committee on Food Additives |
| CCFH | Codex Committee on Food Hygiene |
| CCFL | Codex Committee on Food Labelling |
| CCFICS | Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection Certification Systems |
| CCNFSDU | Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| Codex | Codex Alimentarius Commission and its committees |
| DAWR | Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources |
| EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity |
| FARMC | Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FDA | US Food and Drug Administration |
| FOI | Freedom of Information |
| Food Standards Code | Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code |
| FRSC | Food Regulation Standing Committee |
| FSANZ | Food Standards Australia New Zealand |
| FSANZ Act | Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 |
| GM | Genetically modified |
| HACCP | Hazard analysis and critical control points |
| IGA | Inter-Government Agreement |
| ILSI | International Life Sciences Institute |
| INFOSAN | International Food Safety Authorities Network |
| ISFR | Implementation Subcommittee for Food Regulation |
| JECFA | Joint Expert Meeting on Food Additives |
| Ministerial Forum | Australia New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation |
| MPI | Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand) |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRL | Maximum residue limit |
| NESB1 | Non-English speaking Background 1 |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NICNAS | National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme |
| NUTTAB | Nutrient content of food in Australia (publication) |
| OBPR | Office of Best Practice Regulation |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OGTR | Office of the Gene Technology Regulator |
| PFAS | Per- and poly-fluoroalkylated substances |
| PFOS | Perfluorooctane sulfonate |
| QUADS | Food Safety Quadrilateral meetings, involving Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States |
| Science Forum | Australia New Zealand Science Forum |
| SCSC | APEC Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| TDI | Tolerable daily intake |
| TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WHS | Work Health and Safety |
