Glossary of Terms

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1986 Agreement Agreement between the Commonwealth, the States of Australia and the Northern Territory of Australia in Relation to the Adoption of Uniform Food Standards 1986

1991 Agreement Agreement between the Commonwealth, the States of Australia, the Northern Territory of Australia and the Australian Capital Territory in Relation to the Adoption of Uniform Food Standards 1991

ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

ACT Health Australian Capital Territory Government health portfolio

ADI  Acceptable daily intake

AFC Australian Food Council - is the national organisation established by the food and beverages industry to provide a voice and forum to make submissions to government bodies.

AFGC Australian Food and Grocery Council

ALGA Australian Local Government Association

ANAO Australian National Audit Office

ANZFA Australia New Zealand Food Authority, now superseded by the structure known as FSANZ (see below).

ANZFRMC Australia New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Forum)

APS Australian Public Service

APVMA Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

AQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

ARMCANZ Agricultural and Resources Management Council of Australia and New Zealand

ARS Agriculture Research Service (USA)

ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations

ATDS Australian Total Diet Study

AusAID Australian Agency for International Development

ATO Australian Taxation Office

AWAs Australian Workplace Agreements

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

CCGP Codex Committee on General Principles

CCPR Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

CDC Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)

COAG Council of Australian Governments

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS (CODEX) an international food safety code used for the purposes of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and other international trade treaties.

CVM Centre for Veterinary Medicine (of the United States Food and Drug Administration)

DAFF Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

DFSV Dairy Food Safety Victoria

DHS Vic Department of Human Services, Victoria

DIRKS Designing and Implementing Record Keeping Systems methodology

DIAMOND Dietary Modelling of Nutritional Data

DOH Department of Health (UK)

DoHA Department of Health and Ageing

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

FDA Food and Drug Administration (USA)

FOI Freedom of Information

Food Acts Australian State and Territory and New Zealand food legislation but not subordinate legislation. That is, Food Act 1989 (NSW); Food Act 1984 (Vic); Food Act 1981 (Qld); Health Act 1911 (WA); Food Act 1985 (SA); Food Act 1998 (Tas); Food Act 1986 (NT); Food Act 1992 (ACT); and Food Act 1981 (NZ)

FRSC Food Regulation Standing Committee

FSANZ - Food Standards Australia New Zealand

FSANZ Act Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

ANZFSC – Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - a code that prescribes compositional, chemical, microbiological, labelling and other standards for all food offered for sale in Australia. The code was adopted by ANZFRMC, and made part of law in every State under a Model Food Act. FSANZ is responsible for making recommendations to ANZFRMC on any changes or amendments that should be made to the ANZFSC.

GM Genetically modified

HACCP Hazard Analysis, Critical Control Points - a system that manages the risk associated with food safety aspects of production. The HACCP plan is based on seven principles identified in the Codex Guidelines for the Application of Hazard System adopted by the 20th Session of the Joint Food and Agricultural Organisation and World Health Organisation Codex Alimentarius Commission 1993.

HHS Department of Health and Human Services (USA)

IDC Inter-Departmental Committee

IGA Inter-Government Agreement

ILSI International Life Sciences Institute

ISC Food Standards Implementation Sub-Committee

IT Information technology

JECFA FAO/WHO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives

JEMRA FAO/WHO Joint Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment

Model Food Act is not legislation in its own right but aimed to serve as the framework for State and Territory food law on the specific matter. The Model Food Act was endorsed for nationwide adoption by the Ministers for Health of each State and Territory at their annual meeting in May 1980.

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

MRLs Maximum residue limits

NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council

NICNAS National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme

NSWFA New South Wales Food Authority

NUTTAB Nutrient content of food in Australia (publication)

NT DHCS Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory

NZFSA New Zealand Food Safety Agency

OBPR Office of Best Practice Regulation

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OGTR Office of the Gene Technology Regulator

OH&S Occupational Health and Safety

PMD Performance Management and Development initiative

QHealth Queensland Health

QUADS Food Safety Quadrilateral meetings involving Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States

SA Health South Australian Department of Health

SARDI South Australian Research and Development Institute

SCSC APEC Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance

SDC Standard Development Committee

SES Senior Executive Service

SFQ Safe Food Queensland

Tas DPIWE Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmania

Tas Health Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania

TFA Trans fatty acids

TGA Therapeutic Goods Administration

USDA Department of Agriculture (USA)

USFDA United States Food and Drug Administration

Vic DPI Department of Primary Industries, Victoria

WA Health Department of Health, Western Australia

WHO World Health Organization

WTO World Trade Organization