APPENDIX B
Acronyms1
AAVMC Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
AEI American Enterprise Institute
AI avian influenza
AMS Agricultural Marketing Service
ANCJDR Australian National CJD Registry
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHL Association of Public Health Laboratories
ARS Agriculture Research Service
ASM American Society for Microbiology
AVMA American Veterinary Medical Association
BIDS Border Infectious Disease Surveillance
BRC Biologic Regulatory Commission
BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy
BSL biosafety level
BW biological weapons
CAMR Center for Applied Microbiological Research
CBW chemical and biological weapons
CCMS Consumer Complaint Monitoring System
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDI Conformation Dependent Immunoassay
CFSAN Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
CISSM Center for International Security Studies at Maryland
CRS Congressional Research Service
CSF classic swine fever
CSPI Center for Science in the Public Interest
CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
CSTE Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists
CVM Center for Veterinary Medicine
CW chemical weapons
CWD chronic wasting disease
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DPVS due process vetting system
EID emerging infectious disease
END exotic Newcastle disease
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPFC Emerging Patterns in Food Complaints
ERS Economic Research Service
EUROCJD European and Allied Countries CJD Group
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
fCJD familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FMD foot-and-mouth disease
FMI Food Marketing Institute
FOUO For Official Use Only
FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service
FSSA FDA Security Surveillance Assignment
GAO Government Accountability Office
GFAP glial fibrillary acidic protein
GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
HAV hepatitis A virus
HGH human growth hormone
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HSPD Homeland Security Presidential Directive
IDFA International Dairy Foods Association
IHC immunohistochemistry
IHR international health regulations
IOM Institute of Medicine
LRC Least Restrictive Classification
LRN Laboratory Response Network
MBM meat-and-bone meal
MRM mechanically recovered meat
NAHLN National Animal Health Laboratory Network
NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCFPD National Center for Food Protection and Defense
NCTR National Center for Toxicological Research
NGO nongovernmental organization
NIH National Institutes of Health
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC National Research Council
NRDC Nature Resources Defense Council
OECA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
OIE Office International des Epizooties
OPPTS Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
ORA Office of Regulatory Affairs
ORACBA Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis
ORM operational risk management
OTA Organic Trade Association
PFGE pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
PH public health
PHL public health laboratories
PNG Papua New Guinea
RFID radio frequency identification
RT-PCR reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome
SBO specified bovine offal
sCJD sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
SPPA Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism
SRM specified risk materials
TSE transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
UNMOVIC United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission
UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission
USAMRIID United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
vCJD variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
WHO World Health Organization
WNV West Nile virus