Abbreviation Definition
AF Assessment factor
DT50 Time to degradation of 50% of original concentration of the compound in the tested soils
DT90 Time to degradation of 90% of original concentration of the compound in the tested soils
EC European Commission
EC50 The concentration of a test substance which results in 50% of the test organisms being adversely affected, i.e. both mortality and sublethal effects
EU European Union
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
EURL European Union Reference Laboratory
FEEDAP EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed
FSA Food Standards Agency
FSS Food Standards Scotland
GB Great Britain
KOC Adsorption or desorption coefficient corrected for soil organic carbon content
LC50 Lethal concentration, 50%
Log KOW Logarithm of octanol–water partition coefficient
MRL Maximum residue limit
NOEC No observed effect concentration
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PEC Predicted environmental concentration
PNEC Predicted no effect concentration
RP Regulated Product
TAR Total applied radioactivity
UF Uncertainty factor
UK United Kingdom