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Acronym Listing 

AA Assistant Administrator 

ACS Acidified Calcium Sulfate 

ADR Animal Disposition Reporting 

AER Administrative Enforcement Report 

AM Antemortem Inspection 

AMA Antimicrobial Agent 

AMAP Antimicrobial Agent and Processes 

AMP Antimicrobial Process 

AMS Agricultural Marketing Service 

AOAC Association of Official Analytical Chemists (Now called AOAC International) 

APC Aerobic Plant Count 

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 

AMR Advanced Meat Recovery 

ASC Acidified Sodium Chlorite 

ATP Adenosine Triphosphate 

aw Water Activity 

BITES Biological Information Transfer Email System 

BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 

CA Corrective Actions 

CCMS Consumer Complaint Monitoring System 

CCP Critical Control Point 

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

CFL Center for Learning 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

CFU Colony Forming Units 

CIP Clean in Place 

Critical Limit 

COA Certificate of Analysis 

CPS Coagulase Positive Staph 

CSI Consumer Safety Inspector 

CSO Consumer Safety Officer 

DM District Manager 

DDM Deputy District Manager 

DCS District Case Specialist 

DJE Dual Jurisdiction Establishment 

DO District Office 

DRO District Recall Officer 

DVMS District Veterinary Medical Specialist 

EARO Executive Associate for Regulatory Operations 

EIAO Enforcement Investigations and Analysis Officer 

EMC Emergency Management Committee 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency 

EPIA Egg Products Inspection Act 

FCS Food Contact Surface 

FDA Food and Drug Administration 
 

 

 

IIC 

FDIB Foodborne Disease Investigation Branch 

FFDCA Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

FI Food Inspector 

FIFRA Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act 

FLS Frontline Supervisor 

FMIA Federal Meat Inspection Act 

FNS Food and Nutrition Service 

FO Field Operations 

FOIA Freedom of Information Act 

FPS Finished Product Standard 

FR Federal Register 

FSA Food Safety Assessment 

FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service 

GAD Gather Assess Determine 

GMP Good Manufacturing Practice 

GRAS Generally Recognized as Safe 

HA Hazard Analysis 

HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 

HATS Humane Activities Tracking System 

HAV Hazard Analysis Verification 

HCG Hazards Control Guide 

HEP High Event Period (in regard to STECs) 

HH Humane Handling 

HIMP HACCP-based Inspection Models Project 

HMSA Humane Methods of Slaughter Act 

HPP High Pressure Processing 

HRI Hotels, Restaurants, and Institutions 

HUS Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome 

ICMSF International Commission on the Microbiological Specification for Foods 

Inspector in Charge 

IKE Interactive Knowledge Exchange 

IPP Inspection Program Personnel 

IVT Intensified Verification Testing 

KIS Kidney Inhibition Swab 

LIMS Laboratory Information Management System Direct 

Lm Listeria monocytogenes 

LOG Letter of Guarantee 

LOI Letter of Information 

LOW Letter of Warning 

LPDS Labeling and Program Delivery Staff 

LTD Less Than Daily 

MOI Memorandum of Interview 

MOU Memorandum of Understanding 

MPCM Microbial Pathogen Computer Modeling 

MPN Most Probable Number 

MPR Moisture Protein Ratio 

NACMCF National Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

NACMPI National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection 
 

NFCS Non Food Contact Surface 

NFSCP Non-Food Safety Consumer Protection 

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology 

NOIE Notice of Intended Enforcement 

NOL No Objection Letter 

NOS Notice of Suspension 

NPDW National Primary Drinking Water 

NR Noncompliance Record 

NRLTO Not Reasonably Likely to Occur 

NRTE Not Ready to Eat 

OCP Other Consumer Protection 

OFO Office of Field Operations 

OIG Office of Inspector General 

OM Office of Management 

OEED Office of Employee Experience and Development 

OPACE Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education 

OPARM Office of Planning, Analysis, and Risk Management 

OIEA Office of Investigation, Enforcement, and Audit 

OPHS Office of Public Health and Science 

OPPD Office of Policy and Program Development 

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration/Act 

PDS Policy Development Staff 

PFGE Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis 

PHV Public Health Veterinarian 

PHIS Public Health Information System 

PLE Post Lethality Exposed 

PLT Post Lethality Treatment 

PM Postmortem Inspection 

PMP Pathogen Modeling Program 

PMP Pest Management Program 

PPIA Poultry Products Inspection Act 

PPM Parts Per Million 

PR Pathogen Reduction 

PRP Pre-Requisite Program 

QA Quality Assurance 

QC Quality Control 

QRG Quick Reference Guide 

RCA Regulatory Control Action 

RD Regional Director (OIEA) 

REC Recall Effectiveness Check 

RMIS Risk Management and Innovation Staff 

RLm Risk Based Listeria monocytogenes Testing 

RLTO Reasonably Likely to Occur 

RMA Resource Management Analyst 

RMS Resource Management Specialist 

RMTAD Recall Management and Technical Analysis Division 

ROP Rules of Practice 

RTE Ready to Eat 
 

RTE/SS Ready to Eat/Shelf Stable 

SCSI Supervisory Consumer Safety Inspector 

SEIAO Supervisory Enforcement Investigations and Analysis Officer 

SIP Salmonella Initiative Program 

SOP Standard Operating Procedures 

SPC Statistical Process Control or Standard Plate Count 

SPHV Supervisory Public Health Veterinarian 

SPS Sanitation Performance Standards 

SRM Specified Risk Materials 

SSOP Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures 

STEC Shigatoxin producing E. coli 

STEPS System Tracking E. coli Positive Suppliers 

SVMO Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer 

TA Talmadge Aiken Act 

TCOE Training as a Condition of Employment 

TDT Thermal Death Time 

TPC Total Plate Count 

TSP Trisodium Phosphate 

TT Time Temperature 

USC United States Code 

USDA United States Department of Agriculture 

vCJD Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 

VMO Veterinary Medical Officer 

VP Verification Plan