Annual Report 2010-11Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronym |
Definition |
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AERP |
Adverse Experience Reporting Program (AERP Ag for pesticides and AERP Vet for veterinary medicines) |
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AgQA |
Agricultural Quality Assurance |
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Agvet chemicals |
agricultural and veterinary chemicals |
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ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
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APMVA |
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
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APS |
Australian Public Service |
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AWA |
Australian workplace agreement(s) |
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BeRT 1 |
Better Regulation Tranche 1 |
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CA |
Collective agreement |
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CCC |
Community Consultative Committee (of the APVMA) |
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CCPR |
Codex Committee for Pesticide Residues |
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CCRVDF |
United Nations FAO/WHO Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods |
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CEI |
Chief Executive Instruction |
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CEO |
Chief Executive Officer (of the APVMA) |
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CLA |
Common law agreements |
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COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
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CRIS |
Cost Recovery Impact Statement |
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DAFF |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia) |
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DSEWPaC |
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities |
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DSD |
Defence Signals Directorate |
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EARS |
Electronic Application and Registration System |
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EDC |
Endocrine Disrupting Chemical |
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FIAAA |
Feed Ingredients and Additive Association of Australia |
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FSANZ |
Food Standards Australia New Zealand |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) |
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FMA Act |
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
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FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
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GGS |
General Government Sector |
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GMP |
[Code of] Good Manufacturing Practice |
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GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
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GRDC |
Grains Research and Development |
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HGP |
Hormonal growth promotants |
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HSMA |
Health and Safety Management Arrangements |
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HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
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ICAMA |
Institute for the Control Agro Chemicals, Ministry of Agriculture |
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ICT |
Information and communication technologies |
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ILC |
Industry Liaison Committee (of the APVMA) |
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ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
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IPS |
Information Publication Scheme |
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JECFA |
Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (of FAO/WHO) |
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JMPR |
Joint FAO/WHO Meetings on Pesticide Residues |
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MAAP |
Mutually Agreed Achievement Plan |
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MLS |
Manufacturers’ Licensing Scheme (Australia) |
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MLSILC |
Manufacturers Licensing Scheme Industry Liaison Committee (of the APVMA) |
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MORAG |
Manual of Requirements and Guidelines (of the APVMA) |
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MRL |
Maximum Residue Limit |
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NEAP |
Nanotechnology Expert Advisory Panel |
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OCSEH |
Office of Chemical Safety and Environmental Health |
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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OGTR |
Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (Australia) |
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OH&S |
Occupational Healtyh and Safety |
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PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
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Portable document format |
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PCRL |
Priority Candidate Review List |
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QMS |
Quality Management System |
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RACI |
Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
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RLC |
Registration Liaison Committee |
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RTF |
Rich text format |
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SES |
Senior Executive Service |
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TGA |
Therapeutic Goods Administration |
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VICH |
The International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products |
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VMEAP |
Veterinary Medicines Expert Advisory Panel |
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WCAG |
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |