- AAHA
Asian Animal Health Association (South East Asia)
- AB
Antibiotic
- ABPI
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (UK)
- ACINF
Advisory Committee on Irradiated and Novel Foods
- ACS
American Chemical Society
- ADI
Acceptable Daily Intake
- ADR
Adverse Drug Reaction
- AEM
Agencia Española de Medicamentos - Spanish Agency of Medicinal Products (E)
- AESGP
Association Européenne des Spécialités Pharmaceutiques Grand Public/Association of the European Self-Medication Industry
- AFIA
American Feed Industry Association
- AFSSA
Agence Française de Securité Sanitaire des Aliments - (French Agency for Food Safety) (F)
- AGCARM
Association for Animal Health and Crop Protection (New Zealand)
- BEUC
European Bureau of Consumer Unions
- BfT
Bundesverband für Tiergesundheit (D)
- BgVV
Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucheschintz und Veterinärmedizin (now BVL)
- BIA
BioIndustry Association
- BIO
Biological
- BMA
British Medical Association (UK)
- BPG
Best Practice Guide
- BPMF
British Poultry Meat Federation (UK)
- BSA
Brand-specific approval
- BSE
Bovine Spongiform Ecephalopathy
- BVA
British Veterinary Association (UK)
- BWP
Biological Working Party (IFAH-Europe)
- CA
Competent Authority
- CAC
Codex Alimentarius Commission
- CADREAC
Collaboration Agreement of Drug Regulatory Authorities in EU Associated Countries (10 countries)
- CAHI
Canadian Animal Health Institute
- CAP
Common Agriculture Policy
- CAPROVE
Camara Argentina de la Industria de Productos Veterinarios
- CAT
COMISA Antibiotic Team
- CAVEMID
Cyprus Veterinary Medicines Importers and Distributors Association
- CCEURO
Codex Regional Co-ordinating Committee for Europe
- CCFAC
Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
- CCFH
Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
- DG
Directorate General (eg. DG Enterprise, DG Research ) of the European Commission
- DG SANCO
European Commission Directorate General for Public Health and Consumer Affairs
- DMF
Drug Master File
- DNA
Deoxyribonucleic Aci
- EAAP
European Association for Animal Production
- EARSS
European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
- EASSA
CEESA European Antimicrobial Susceptibility Surveillance in Animals Group
- EAVPT
European Association of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
- EC
European Commission
- ECJ
European Court of Justice
- ECOSOC
EU Economic and Social Committee
- ECPA
European Crop Protection Association
- FAC
Food Advisory Committee
- FAIP
Farm Animal Industrial Platform (NL)
- FAO
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
- FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
- FDA
Food and Drug Administration (USA)
- FEBC
Forum for European Bioindustry Coordination
- FEDESA
European Federation of Animal Health (now IFAH-Europe)
- FEFAC
Fédération Européenne des Fabricants d'Aliments Composés - European Feed Manufacturers Federation
- FEFANA
European Federation of the Animal Feed Additive Manufacturers
- FIDIN
Vereniging van Fabrikanten en Importeurs van Diergeneesmiddelen In Nederland
- FVE
Federation of Veterinarians of Europe
- GACT
Global Antimicrobial Core Team (IFAH)
- GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GCP
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GCPF
Global Crop Protection Federation
- GIBIP
Green Industry Biotechnology Platform
- GL
Guideline
- GLP
Good Laboratory Practice
- HAN
Heidelberg Appeal Netherlands
- HAVEPHARM
Hellenic Association of Distributors Importers and Manufacturers of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals (GR)
- HEVRA
Heads of European Veterinary Regulatory Authorities (now HMA)
- HMA
Heads of Medicines Agencies
- IABS
International Association of Biological Standardisation
- IACFO
International Association of Consumer Food Organisations
- ICA
International Co-operative Alliance
- ICC
International Chamber of Commerce
- ICH
International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
- IFA
International Seed Trade Federation
- IFAP
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
- IFIC
International Food Information Council
- IFPMA
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations
- KAHPA
Korea Animal Health Product Association
- LIF
Läkemedelsindustriföreningen - The Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (S)
- MA
Marketing Authorisation
- MAA
Marketing Authorisation Application
- MAFF
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (UK)
- MAGYOSZ
Magyarorszagi Gyogyszergyartok Orszagos Szövetsége - Hungarian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (HU)
- MAH
Marketing Authorisation Holder
- MAVIS
Medicines Act Veterinary Information Service (UK)
- MCA
Medicines Control Agency (UK)
- NA
Notice to Applicants
- NEFATO
Vereiniging van Nederlandse Fabrikanten van Voedertoevoegingen - Animal Feed Additive Manufacturers (NL)
- NGO
Non-Governmental Organisation
- NIBSC
National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
- NOAH
National Office of Animal Health (UK)
- OBPR
Official Batch Protocol Review
- OCABR
Official Control Authority Batch Release
- OECD
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OIE
Office International des Epizooties - The World Organisation for Animal Health
- OJ
Official Journal of the European Communities
- OMCL
Official Medicines Control Laboratory (under European Pharmacopoeia)
- OTC
Over the counter
- PEC
Predicted Environmental Concentration
- PEI
Paul Ehrlich Institut (D)
- PERF
Pan European Regulatory Forum on Pharmaceuticals
- PhRMA
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
- PhV
Pharmacovigilance
- PhVWP-V
Pharmacovigilance Working Party - Veterinary (EMEA)
- PIC/S
Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention Scheme
- POLPROWET
Polskie Stowarzyszenie Zagranicznych Producentów i Importerów Leków Weterynaryjnych (Polish Association of Veterinary Drug Producers and Importers) (PL) POM - Prescription-only medicine
- POM
Prescription-only medicine
- PSU PSUR
Periodic Safety Update/Periodic Safety Update Report
- PV
Pharmacovigilance
- QA
Quality Assurance
- QC
Quality Control
- QP
Qualified Person
- QRD
Working group on the Quality Review of Documents (EMEA)
- QWP
Quality Working Party (EMEA)
- R&D;
Research & Development
- RAM
Routine Analytical Method
- RIVM
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (NL)
- RMS
Reference Member State
- RUMA
Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (UK)
- SAAHA
South African Animal Health Association
- SAGAM
Scientific Advice Group on AntiMicrobials (EMEA)
- SAR
Suspected Adverse Reaction
- SAWP-V
Scientific Advice Working Party - Veterinary (EMEA)
- SC
Steering Committee
- SCAN
European Commission Committee for Animal Nutrition
- TABD
Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue
- TACD
Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue
- TAIEX
Technical Assistance Information Exchange Office
- TAS
Target Animal Safety
- TAST
Target Animal Safety Testing
- TGD
Technical Guidance Document
- UEVP
Union of European Veterinary Practitioners
- UN
United Nations
- USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
- VEDDRA
List of clinical terms/terminology for suspected adverse reactions to veterinary medicines in animals
- VETERINDUSTRIA
Asociación Empresarial de la Industria Zoosanitaria - Spanish Association of Animal Health Industry (E)
- VGCP
Veterinary Good Clinical Practice
- VICH
International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products
- VIF
Veterinaermedicinsk Industriforening (DK)
- VISAD
Veteriner Itaclari Bivolojik Maddeler ve Yem Katkilari Sanayici Ithalatçi ve Temsilcileri Dernegi -(TUR)
- VMD
Veterinary Medicines Directorate (UK)
- VMP
Veterinary Medicinal Product
- VMRFG
Veterinary Mutual Recognition Facilitation Group (now CMD(v))
- WAH/SPMA
Worling Group Animal Health of the Slovenian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (SL)
- WG
Working Group WP - Working Party
- WHO
World Health Organisation
- WTO
World Trade Organisation
- WVA
World Veterinary Association
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