Acronyms Used in this Manual
| AAT | Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ACN | Australian Company Number |
| ADI | Acceptable daily intake |
| ARfD | Acute reference dose |
| ATS | Application Tracking System |
| APVMA | Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
| AQIS | Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |
| ARBN | Australian Registered Body Number |
| CCI | Confidential commercial information |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DEW | Department of the Environment and Water Resources (formerly the Department of the Environment and Heritage) |
| DHA | Department of Health and Ageing |
| EAGAR | Expert Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance |
| EC number | Enzyme Commission number |
| EMEA | European Medicines Agency |
| FAISD Handbook | Handbook of First Aid Instructions, Safety Directions and Warning Statements for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals |
| FDA | United States Food and Drug Administration |
| FSANZ | Food Standards Australia New Zealand |
| GMO | Genetically modified organism |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practice |
| MORAG | Manual of Requirements and Guidelines |
| MRL | Maximum residue limit |
| NCRIS | National Chemical Registration Information System Database |
| NDPSC | National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| OCS | Office of Chemical Safety |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OGTR | Office of the Gene Technology Regulator |
| OHS | Occupational health and safety |
| OIE | World Organisation for Animal Health |
| PICs convention | Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention) |
| PMF | Plant master file |
| POPs convention | Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention) |
| PRS | Public Release Summary |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SPF | Specific pathogen free |
| SUSDP | Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons |
| TAN | Trade Advice Notice |
| TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| VICH | International Co-operation for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medical Products |