13. Abbreviations and Explanations

• AO - Authority Office  
• Aw - indication of water activity
• B. cereus - Bacillus cereus
• BEA Weblogic - application intranet server
• BSE - bovine spongiform encephalopathy (“mad cows disease”)
• CAFIA - Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority
• CHEK - CHEK list – System of international proficiency tests within IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) for the control of food and feed organised by the Dutch Inspectorate for Health Protection, Groningen)
• CIA - Czech Institute for Accreditation, o.p.s.
• CLA IS - Control and Laboratory Activities Information System
• CLCD - Control, Laboratories and Certification Departments
• Codex Alimentarius Commission - International Committee for Coordination of Standards and Regulations for Production, Trade and Food Control
• olif.bact. - coliform bacteria
• Coll. of L. - indication of a Collection of Laws of the Czech Republic
• CPM - total number of microorganisms
• ČR - Czech Republic ČSN
• Czech Technical Standard, in compliance with Act No. 22/1997, Section 4
• ČSN EN - Czech National Standard, respecting the European standard
• DG AgricultureAgriculture Directorate – General DG SANCO (Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General )
• DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid
• DON - deoxinivalenol (mycotoxin)
• E. coli - Escherichia coli
• EC - European Commission
• EN - European Standard
• EPD - Economic and Personnel Department
• ES - European Community
• EU - European Union
• FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of UN
• FAPAS - The Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme – chemical analyses (the International Laboratory Proficiency Testing – chemical analyses)
• FEPAS - The Food Evaluation Performance Assessment Scheme (the International Laboratory Proficiency Testing – microbiological analyses)
• FLEP - Food Law Enforcement Practitioners (Association of representatives of the European Inspection Authorities enforcing food laws in practice)
• FVO - Food Veterinary Office
• GMO - genetically modified organism
• GOSKOMSANEPIDNADZOR - State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation
• GOSSTANDART - National Standard of the Russian Federation
• GOST R - Certification System in the Russian Federation
• Government Resolution No. 1028/2001- Government Resolution determining the method of preparation of personnel working in the administrative authorities
• Government Resolution No. 410/2000 - Government Resolution determining the system of language exams and system of proving language qualification of the selected personnel working in administrative authorities
• GSM - wireless phone network
• HACCP - System of critical points in production
• IEC - International Electro engineering Commission (International Organisation for Standardisation in Electro Engineering)
• ILPT - International Laboratory Proficiency Testing
• IS - Information System
• ISO - International Organization for Standardization
• LEIFAD -  Law, European Integration and Foreign Affairs Department
• Milk ferm. bact. - milk fermentation bacteria
• MPA 10-01-01 - indication of a CIA Guidance Note
• NAGREF - National Agricultural Research Foundation (a research institution of the Greek Ministry of Agriculture receiving contributions from the State Budget – supplier of the twinning part of PHARE project CZ 020502)
• PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction
• PRU - Public Relations Unit
• QUID - Quantitative Ingredient Declaration
• QUID Thematic Network - European network of laboratories enforcing the Directive 79/112/EEC on Labelling and Quantitative Ingredient Declaration in practice
• RASFF - Rapid Alert System for Foodstuffs and Feed (a system operating in the EU countries)
• RR sója - Roundup Ready soya (genetically modified soya to be released in circulation based on an approval issued by the Department of Environment and Ministry of Health)
• S. aureus - Staphylococcus aureus
• SPS - Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
• TSC - Technical Standardisation Committees
• UVIS - Office for the Public Information Systems
• WHO - World Health Organization
• WTO - Word Trade Organization – the international organisation helping establish rules for the international trade