Glossary and Acronyms

Glossary | Acronyms

• ACTPN - Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations
• ADG - average daily gain. The amount of body weight gain in a day.
• AI - Artificial Insemination
• AID - Agency for International Development
• AMS - Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA)
• AMS - Aggregate Measure of Support
• AMTA - Agricultural Market Transition Act
• ANPR - Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• APA - Administrative Procedure Act
• APAC - Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee
• APHIS - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)
• AQI - Agricultural Quarantine Inspection
• ARS - Agricultural Research Service (USDA)
• ATAC - Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee
• ATO - Agricultural Trade Office
• AU - Animal Unit
• AUM - Animal Unit Month
• AWA - Animal Welfare Act
• AWP - Adjusted World Price
• BIT - Bilateral Investment Treaty
• BLM - Bureau of Land Management
• BMP - Best Management Practice
• BNC - Binational Commission
• BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• BST - Bovine Somatotropin
• BT - Bacillus Thuringiensis
• CAFO - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
• CAP - Common Agricultural Policy
• CARD - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
• CAST - Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
• CBO - Congressional Budget Office
• CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
• CFSAN - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• CFTA - Canada Free Trade Agreement
• CFTC - Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
• CIT - Court of International Trade
• CLOC - Commodity Letter of Credit
• CODEX - Codex Alimentarius Commission
• CPI - Consumer Price Index
• CRADA - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
• CRS - Congressional Research Service
• CRSP - Collaborative Research Support Program
• CSE - Consumer Subsidy Equivalent
• CSFP - Commodity Supplemental Food Program
• CSREES - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• CSRS - Cooperative State Research Service
• CTA - Conservation Technical Assistance
• CVM - Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA)
• DOC - Department of Commerce
• DOE - Department of Energy
• DOI - Department of Interior
• DOL - Department of Labor
• DOT - Department of Transportation
• DSB - Dispute Settlement Body
• EC - European Community
• E. coli - Escherichia Coli - a bacterium that lives harmlessly in the intestines of animals.
• EEP - Export Enhancement Program
• EFTA - European Free Trade Association
• EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
• EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program
• ERS - Economic Research Service (USDA)
• ES - Extension Service (USDA)
• EU - European Union
• FAC - Food Aid Convention
• FACA - Federal Advisory Committee Act
• FACTA - Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990
• FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization
• FAPRI - Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
• FAS - Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA)
• FCA - Farm Credit Administration
• FCSIC - Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
• FCS - Farm Credit System
• FDA - Food and Drug Administration (HHS)
• FDPIR - Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
• FFDCA - Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
• FGIS - Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA)
• FIVIMS - Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System
• FMIA - Federal Meat Inspection Act
• FMD - Foot-and-Mouth Disease
• FMDP - Foreign Market Development Program
• FNS - Food and Nutrition Service (USDA)
• FOR - Farmer-Owned-Reserve
• FQPA - Food Quality Protection Act
• FSA - Farm Service Agency (USDA)
• FSCR - Food Security Commodity Reserve
• FSIS - Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA)
• FSO - Food Safety Objective
• FTAA - Free Trade Area of the Americas
• FY - Fiscal Year
• GAO - General Accounting Office
• GATS - General Agreement of Trade in Services
• GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GDP - Gross Domestic Product
• GIPSA - Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (USDA)
• GLCI - Grazing Land Conservation Initiative
• GMO - Genetically Modified Organism
• GNP - Gross National Product
• GRIP - Gross Revenue Insurance Plan
• HHS - Department of Health and Human Services
• HNI - Human Nutrition Institute
• HTSUS - Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States
• HVP - High Value Product
• IBNMRR - Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research
• IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development
• IP - Identity Preserved
• IRI - International Research Institute
• IRM - Integrated Resource Management
• ITA - International Trade Administration (DOC)
• ITC - International Trade Commission
• LISA - Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture
• MAP - Market Access Program
• MDM - Mechanically Deboned Meat
• MFN - Most-Favored-Nation Treatment
• MTN - Multilateral Trade Negotiations
• NADA - New Animal Drug Applications
• NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement - covers the United States, Canada, and Mexico
• NAHMS - National Animal Health Monitoring System
• NAS - National Academy of Sciences
• NASS - National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA)
• NGO - Non-governmental Organization
• NNMRRP - National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program
• NRI - National Research Initiative
• NSLP - National School Lunch Program
• OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OGC - Office of General Counsel
• OMB - Office of Management and Budget
• OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (DOL)
• OTA - Office of Technology Assessment
• P.L. - Public Law
• PSE - Producer Subsidy Equivalent
• PST - Porcine Somatotropin
• PVO - Private Voluntary Organization
• QA - Quality Assistance
• QTV - Qualified Through Verification
• RDA - Recommended Dietary Allowance
• SAB - Science Advisory Board (EPA)
• SARE - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
• SE - Salmonella Enteriditis
• SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
• TA - Technical Assistance
• TBTs - Technical Barriers to Trade
• TEA - Targeted Export Assistance Program
• TEFAP - The Emergency Food Assistance Program
• TPRG - Trade Policy Review Group
• TRIPs - Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
• UN - United Nations
• URAA - Uruguay Round Agreement on Trade
• USAID - U.S. Agency for International Development
• USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
• USITC - United States International Trade Commission
• USTR - United States Trade Representative
• WASDE - World Supply and Demand Estimates
• WHO - World Health Organization
• WTO - World Trade Organization

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