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 |