Abbreviation Definition
AA Aminoanthracene
ACNFP Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
ADME Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion
bw body weight
AOAC Association of Official Analytical Chemists
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service
CERETOX Centre de Recerca en Toxicologia
CFU Colony forming unit
cGMP Current Good Manufacturing Practice
dw dry weight
Dietex Dietary Exposure
EC European Commission
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EU European Union
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FSA Food Standards Agency
FSAI Food Safety Authority Ireland
FSS Food Standards Scotland
GC-FID Gas chromatography – flame ionisation detection
GLP Good Laboratory Practice
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
HPLC High-performance liquid chromatography
ICP Inductively coupled plasma
KTi Kunitz trypsin inhibitor
LC-MS/MS Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
LOQ Limit of quantification
LOD Limit of detection
MN Micronuclei
MOE Margin of exposure
MS Mass spectrometry
ND not determined
NDA Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies Panel
NF Novel food
NOAEL No observed adverse effect level
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
PAHs Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCE Polychromatic erythrocytes
PCR Polymerase chain reaction
qH-NMR Quantitative 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance
RH Relative humidity
RNAse Ribonuclease
SDS-PAGE Sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
STI Soybean trypsin inhibitor
TIU Trypsin inhibitor unit
UFLC Ultra-fast liquid chromatography
UPD up-and-down
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
w/w weight per weight