Abbreviation Definition
Δ9-THC Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol
Δ9-THCA Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid
ADI Acceptable daily intake
ADME Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion
ACNFP Advisory Committee for Novel Foods and Processes
ARfD Acute reference dose
BCAA Branched chain amino acid
BS British Standard
BW Body weight
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service
CBD Cannabidiol
CFU Colony Forming Unit
COT Committee on Toxicity
CONTAM Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain
CYP Cytochrome P450
EC European Commission
EFSA European Food Safety Agency
ELISA Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
EU European Union
FSA Food Standards Agency
FSS Food Standards Scotland
GB Great Britain
GC-HRMS Gas chromatography - high resolution mass spectrometry
GC-MS Gas chromatography - mass spectrometry
GC-MS/MS Gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
GLP Good Laboratory Practice
HACCP Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Points
HPLC High performance liquid chromatography
ICH International Council for Harmonization
ICP-MS Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
IgE Immunoglobulin E
ISO International Organisation for Standardization
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
LC-MS/MS Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
LOAEL Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level
LOD Limit of detection
LOQ Limit of quantification
ppm Parts per million
NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NOAEL No Observable Adverse Effect Level
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
qNMR Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance
TP Test procedure