Division 45 Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food

Food Quality and Safety Standards as required by EU Law and the Private Industry

With special reference to the MEDA countries’ exports of fresh and processed fruit & vegetables, herbs & spices

M. Will

List of Abbreviations

Editor: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Postfach 5180, 65726 Eschborn, Germany Internet: http://www.gtz.de Division 45 – Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Author: Margret Will Layout CD-ROM: Gisela Will – Zeichen der Zeit Distributor: GTZ – Division 45 November 2003

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List of Abbreviations ABM Assured British Meat

ACP African – Caribbean – Pacific

AENOR Asociación Española de Normalización (Spanish Association of Standardisation)

AFNOR Association Française de Normalisation (French Association of Standardisation)

AFSSA Agence Française de la Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (French Food Safety Agency)

AHPA American Herbal Products Association

AIS Approved third country inspection service

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AoA Agreement on Agriculture

APS Assured Produce Scheme

ASQ American Society for Quality

BASI Business and Social Initiatives Database

BGI Verband des Deutschen Blumen-Gross- und Importhandels (Association of the German Flower Wholesale and Import Trade)

BDH Bundesvereinigung deutscher Handelsverbaende e.V. (German Union of Trade Associations)

BfR Bundesinstitut fuer Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment)

BLE Bundesanstalt fuer Landwirtschaft und Ernaehrung (Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food)

BLL Bund fuer Lebensmittelrecht und Lebenmittelkunde/Germany (German Federation of Food Law and Food Science)

BMVEL Bundesministerium fuer Verbraucherschutz, Ernaehrung und Landwirtschaft (Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture)

BMZ Bundesministerium fuer wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development)

BRC British Retail Consortium

BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis

BVL Bundesamt fuer Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety)

CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission

CAP Common Agricultural Policy

CBI Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (Rotterdam)

CCP Critical Control Point

CCT Common Customs Tariff

CDR Centre for Development Research

CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardisation)

CENELEC Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation)

CIAA Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries in the EU

CIES The Food Business Forum

CN Combined Nomenclature

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COCERAL Comité du Commerce des Céréales, Aliments du Bétail, Oléagineux, Huile d’Olive, Huiles et Graisses et Agrofournitures

COM Common Organization of Markets

CS Commonwealth Secretariat

CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

CTA Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale ACP-UE (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU)

DAP Defect action point analyses

DCI Direction du Commerce Intérieur (Directorate for Interior Commerce)

DFHV Deutscher Fruchthandelsverband (German Association of Fresh Produce Trade)

DFID Department for International Development

DG SANCO Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection

DIN Deutsches Institut fuer Normung

DPVCTRF Direction de la Protection des Végétaux, des Contrôles Techniques et de la Répression des Fraudes (Directorate of Plant Protection, Technical Control and Suppression of Fraud)

DSU Understanding the Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

EACCE Etablissement Autonome de Contrôle et de Coordination des Exportations (Autonomous Office for the Control and Coordination of Exports)

EAN.UCC European Article Number – Uniform Code Council

EC European Commission

ECPA European Crop Protection Association

EEA European Economic Area

EEC European Economic Community

EFSA European Food Safety Authority

EFSIS European Food Safety Inspection Service

EFTA European Free Trade Association

EHI EuroHandelsinstitut

EU European Union

EUREP European Retailer Produce Working Group ‘fruit and vegetables’

EUREPGAP European Retailer Produce Working Group ‘fruit and vegetables’ Good Agricultural Practices

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation

FDF Fachverband Deutscher Floristen (Professional Association of German Florists)

FENAGRI Fédération Nationale de l’Agroalimentaire (National Federation of the agri-food sector)

FICOPAM Fédération des Industries de la Conserve des Produits Agricoles du Maroc (Federation of the Industries for the Preservation of Moroccan Agricultural Products)

FLP Flower Label Program

FPTP Fresh Produce Traceability Project

freshfel the Forum for the European Fresh Produce Industry

FSA Food Standards Agency (UK)

FVO Food and Veterinary Office

GAP Good Agricultural Practice

GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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GDP Good Distribution Practices

GFSI Global Food Safety Initiative

GHP Good Hygiene Practice

GLP Good Laboratory Practice

GSP Generalised System of Preferences

GMO Genetically Modified Organism

GMP Good Manufacturing Practice

GTP Good Trading Practice

GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for Technical Cooperation)

HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HEIA Horticulture Export Improvement Association

IAC International Agricultural Center (Wageningen)

IBLF The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum

ICM Integrated Crop Management

ICPM Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IFS International Food Standard

I.K.B. Integrale Ketenbeheersing (Integrated Chain Control)

ILO International Labour Organisation

IOOC International Olive Oil Council

IPFSAPH International Portal for Food Safety, Plant and Animal Health

IPM Integrated Pest Management

IPPC International Plant Protection Convention

IRI Industrial Research Institute

ISO International Organisation for Standardisation

ISPM International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures

ITC International Trade Centre

JEPAFV Jordan Exporters’ and Producers’ Association for Fruit & Vegetables

JECFA Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

LMBG Lebensmittel- und Bedarfsgegenstaendegesetz (Food and Commodities Law)

MCPD Monochloropropane Diol

MEA Multilateral Environmental Agreement

MEDA Mesures d’accompagnement (Mediterranean Region partnership relations/Barcelona agreement)

MedC Mediterranean Countries

MRA Mutual Recognition Agreement

MRL Maximum Residue Level

NAFTA North American Free Trade Association

NTM Non-Tariff Measure

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OIE Office Internationale des Epizooties (Organisation Mondiale de la Santé Animale/World Organisation for Animal Health)

OML Overall Migration Limit

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PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

PDO Protected Designation of Origin

PGI Protected Geographical Indication

PIAQ Programme Intégré d’Amélioration de la Qualité (Integrated Programme for Quality Improvement)

PPM Process and Production Methods

QA Quality Assurance

RHmV Rueckstands-Hoechstmengen-Verordnung (Maximum Residue Level Directive)

RIAS Rabobank International Services (Utrecht)

SAI Social Accountability International

SHAFFE Southern Hemisphere Association of Fresh Fruit Exporters

SML Specific Migration Limit

TAIEX Technical Assistance Information Exchange Office

TARIC Tarif Intégré Communautaire (Integrated Community Tariff)

TC Technical Committee

TRIPs Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

TSG Traditional Speciality Guaranteed

UK United Kingdom

UN United Nations

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USDA United States Agency on Agriculture

WHO World Health Organisation

WTO World Trade Organisation