(Well-known abbreviations in general use and SI units are not included.)
* at or about the limit of quantification
ADI acceptable daily intake
ai active ingredient
AMPA ammonethylphosphonic acid
ARfD acute reference dose
bw body weight
CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission
CCN Codex classification number (for compounds or commodities)
CCPR Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
CSAF chemical-specific adjustment factor
CXL Codex level
DT50 time to 50% decomposition
DT90 time to 90% decomposition
F1 first filial generation
F2 second filial generation
FAO Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
FOB functional observational battery
GAP good agricultural practice
GEMS/Food Global Environment Monitoring SystemÐFood Contamination Monitoring and Assessment
Programme
GLP good laboratory practice
HPLC high-performance liquid chromatography
HR highest level of residue in the edible portion of a commodity found in trials to estimate a
maximum residue limit in the commodity
HR-P highest residue in a processed commodity calculated by multiplying the HR of the raw
commodity by the corresponding processing factor
IEDI international estimated daily intake
IESTI international estimated short-term dietary intake
ILO International Labour Organisation
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists
JECFA Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives
ISO International Standards Organization
JMPR Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues
LC50 median lethal concentration
LD50 median lethal dose
LOAEL lowest-observed-adverse-effect level
LOD limit of determination
LOQ limit of quantification
MRL maximum residue limit
NEDI National Estimated Daily Intake
NOAEC no-observed-adverse-effect concentration
NOAEL no-observed-adverse-effect level
NTMDI National Theoretical Maximum Daily Intake
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PHI post-harvest interval
Po the recommendation accommodates post-harvest treatment of the food commodity
PoP the recommendation accommodates post-harvest treatment of the primary food commodity
Pow octanolÐwater partition coefficient
ppm parts per million
RAC raw agricultural commodity
acute RFD acute reference dose
STMR supervised trials median residue
STMR-P supervised trials median residue in a processed commodity calculated by multiplying the STMR of the raw commodity by the corresponding processing factor
THPI 1,2,3,6-tetrahydrophthalimide
TMDI theoretical maximum daily intake
TRR total radiolabelled residue
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
US United States of America
W The previous recommendation is withdrawn.
WHO World Health Organization