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| 510K | Premarket notification (Medical devices substantially equivalent to products already on the market) |
| AADA | Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application |
| ADE | Adverse Drug Event |
| ADAA | Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996 |
| ADR | Adverse Drug Report |
| AERS | Adverse Events Reporting System |
| AHI | Animal Health Institute |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| APHIS | Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (USDA) |
| BLA | Biologics License Application |
| BIMO | Bioresearch Monitoring |
| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) |
| CABS | Conformity Assessment Bodies |
| CARS | Compliance Achievement Reporting System |
| CBER | FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDER | FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research |
| CDRH | FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CFSAN | FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition |
| CGMPs | Current Good Manufacturing Practices |
| CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
| CMC | Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls |
| COMSTAT | Compliance Status Information System |
| COBOL | Common Business Oriented Language |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
| CRS | Contamination Response System |
| CTS | Correspondence Tracking System |
| CVM | FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOL | Department of Labor |
| DQRS | Drug Quality Reporting System |
| DRLS | Drug Registration and Listing System |
| DSHEA | Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act |
| EDR | Electronic Document Room |
| EDMS | Electronic Data Management System |
| EIP | Emerging Infection Program |
| EIR | Establishment Inspection Report |
| ELA | Establishment License Application |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERS | Economic Research Service |
| ETS | Environmental Tobacco Smoke |
| EU | European Union |
| FACTS | Field Accomplishment and Compliance Tracking System |
| FAO | United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization |
| FAS | USDA Foreign Agriculture Service |
| FDAMA | Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 |
| FFD&C Act | Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act |
| FIS | Field Information System |
| FLQ | Fluoroquinolone |
| FORCG | Food Outbreak Coordination Response Group |
| FPL | Final Printed Label |
| FPLA | Fair Packaging and Labeling Act |
| FSI | National Food Safety Initiative |
| FSIS | Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA) |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
| FTE | Full-time Equivalent |
| FY | Fiscal Year (October – September) |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GAPs | Good Agricultural Practices |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 |
| GMPs | Good Manufacturing Practices |
| GRAS | Generally Recognized as Safe Food Ingredients |
| GSFA | General Standards for Food Additives |
| HACCP | Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (A quality assurance and inspection technique) |
| HDE | Humanitarian Device Exemption |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HUD | Humanitarian Use Device |
| ICH | International Conference on Harmonization |
| IDE | Investigational Device Exemption |
| INAD | Investigational New Animal Drug |
| INADA | Investigational New Animal Drug Application |
| IND | Investigational New Drug |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| ISRS | Individual Safety Reports |
| IT | Information Technology |
| IVD | In Vitro Diagnostic |
| JECFA | Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives |
| JIFSAN | Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition |
| JINAD | Generic Investigational New Animal Drug |
| LACF | Low Acid Canned Foods |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LBITF | Least Burdensome Industry Task Force |
| MATS | Management Assignment Tracking System |
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MDR |
Medical Device Reporting System |
| MERS-TM | Medical Event Reporting System for Transfusion Medicine |
| MMBM | Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPRIS | Mammography Program Reporting and Information Systems |
| MQSA | Mammography Quality Standards Act |
| MRA | Mutual Recognition Agreement |
| NADA | New Animal Drug Application |
| NAFTA | North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement |
| NAFTA TWG | North American Free Trade Agreement Technical Working Group |
| NARMS | National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System |
| NASS | National Agricultural Statistics Survey |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NCIE | Notice of Claimed Investigational Exemptions |
| NCTR | FDA National Center for Toxicological Research |
| NDA | New Drug Application |
| NDE/MIS | New Drug Evaluation Management Information System |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIDA | National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| NIEHS | National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences |
| NIH | National Institute of Health |
| NLEA | Nutrition Labeling and Education Act |
| NME | New Molecular Entity |
| NPR | National Partnership for Reinventing Government |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NTP | National Toxicology Program |
| NVPO | National Vaccine Program Office |
| OASIS | Operational and Administrative System for Import Support |
| OBRR | Office of Blood Research and Review (CBER) |
| OPA | Office of Premarket Approvals (CFSAN) |
| ORA | FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs |
| ORISE | Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OTC | Over-the-Counter |
| OTR | Office of Testing and Research (CDER) |
| OTRR | Office of Therapeutics Research and Review (CBER) |
| OVRR | Office of Vaccines Research and Review (CBER) |
| PAS | FDA Public Affairs Specialist |
| PDPs | Product Development Protocols |
| PDUFA | Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 |
| PIFSI | Produce and Food Safety Initiative |
| PLA | Product License Application |
| PMA | Premarket Approval (Application to market medical device that requires premarket approval) |
| PODS | Project-Oriented Data System |
| PQRI | Product Quality Research Initiative |
| QSIT | Quality System Inspection Technique |
| RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| RCHSA | Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act |
| REGO | Reinventing Government Initiative |
| RIMS | Regulatory Information Management Staff (CBER) |
| RMS-BLA | Regulatory Management System-Biologics License Application |
| RVIS | Residue Violation Information System |
| SAB | Science Advisory Board |
| SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SE | Salmonella Enteriditis |
| SN/AEMS | Special Nutritional Adverse Events Monitoring System |
| STARS | Submission Tracking and Review System |
| StmDT104 | Salmonella Tphimurium DT 104 |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| TRIMS | Tissue Residue Information System |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UMCP | University of Maryland-College Park |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| VAERS | Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System |
| VFD | Veterinary Feed Directive |
| VICH | Veterinary International Conference on Harmonization |
| WHO | United Nations World Health Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
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