ADHB	Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
AES	Atomic emission spectrometer
AI	Artificial intelligence
ANN	Artificial Neural Network
AOAC	Association of Analytical Chemists
Approx.	Approximate
ATR	Attenuated total reflection IR spectroscopy
BMPA	British Meat Processors Association
BP-NN	Back propagation artificial neural networks
CD	Corona Discharge
CEN	European Committee for Standardisation
CODEX	CODEX ALIMENTARIUS – international food standards, guidelines and codes of practice
CO2-eq-IRMS	Carbon dioxide-Equilibration-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
DA	Diode Array (detector)
DD	Data driven
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
(D/H)I, (D/H)II, δ18O and δ13C	Criteria used for authenticating for example wine or fruit juices: Deuterium/Hydrogen ratio at carbon position 1 and 2 of ethanol, δ-value of stable oxygen isotopes (18O/16O) and carbon isotopes (13C/12C) expressed in per mille.
EA-IRMS	Elemental analyser coupled to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer
eAmbrosia	European Union (EU) Geographical Indications register
EEM	Excitation-emission matrix
E-nose	Electronic nose
ESI	Electrospray ionization
EU	European Union
EVOO	Extra virgin olive oil
FAMEs	Fatty acid methyl esters
FI	Flow Infusion
FIRMS	Forensic Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (network)
FTIR	Fourier transform infra-red
DAD	Diode array detection
GBS	Genotyping-by-sequencing
GC-C/Py -IRMS	Gas chromatograph coupled via combustion furnace (in pyrolysis mode) to isotope ratio mass spectrometer
GC	Gas chromatography
GI	Geographical indication
GO	Geographical origin
HIS	Hyperspectral imaging
HS	Head space
HPLC	High performance liquid chromatography
HRMS	High resolution mass spectrometry
ICP	Inductively coupled plasma
IMS	Ion mobility spectrometry
IRMS	Isotope ratio mass spectrometry
IST	Intelligent sensory technology
LC	Liquid chromatography
LDA	Linear discriminant analysis
MALDI	Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
MIR	Mid infra-red
MP	Microwave plasma
MS	Mass spectrometry
NASIR	National Association of Security and Investigative Regulators
NHE/NTP	Number of honeydew elements/number of total pollen
NIR	Near infra-red
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
NGS	Next generation sequencing
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
OES	Optical emission spectrometry
OIV	International Organization of Vine and Wine
OTU	Operational taxonomic unit
PARAFAC	Parallel factor analysis
PC1/2	Principal components; PC1 representing the most variation in the data and PC2 representing the second most variation in the data, when performing Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PCR-RFLP	Polymerase chain reaction coupled with restriction fragment length polymorphism
PDO	Protected Designation of Origin
PGI	Protected Geographical Indication
PLS-DA	Partial least squares discriminant analysis
PTR	Proton transfer
RASFF	Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed
REIMS	Rapid Evaporative Ionisation Mass Spectrometry
RFID	Radio Frequency Identification
RSD	Relative standard deviation
SIMCA	Soft independent modelling of class analogy
SIRA	Stable isotope ratio analysis
SNIF-NMR®	Site-specific natural isotope fractionation nuclear magnetic resonance
SNP	Single nucleotide polymorphism
SPME	Solid phase microextraction
TEEM	Transmission and fluorescence excitation-emission matrix
TOF	Time of flight
TRACE	Tracing Food Commodities in Europe - Framework 6 EU project
TSB	Technical Strategy Board
TSG	Traditional Speciality - UK protected
UK	United Kingdom
VE-tongue	Voltametric electronic tongue
VOO	Virgin olive oils
‰	Units of per mil (per thousand units)