| ALJ – administrative law judge |
| AMS – Agricultural Marketing Service of USDA; oversees NOP |
| AOS – American Organic Standards, OTA’s industry guidelines |
| BATF – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, within the Department of Commerce |
| CFR – Code of Federal Regulations |
| DNA – deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic material |
| EEC – European Economic Community |
| EM – excluded methods (see definition in Proposed Rule) |
| ENM – Estimated National Mean, a measurement in the Pesticide Data Program (PDP) |
| EPA – Environmental Protection Agency |
| EU – European Union |
| FARAD – Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database |
| FDA – Food and Drug Administration |
| GEO – genetically engineered organism, used synonymously with GMO |
| GM – genetically modified |
| GMO – genetically modified organism (see Proposed Rule definition of excluded methods) |
| GRAS – generally regarded as safe, used by FDA |
| ISO – International Organization for Standardization |
| NAD – National Appeals Division of USDA |
| NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NOP – National Organic Program of USDA, under AMS |
| NOSB – National Organic Standards Board, a citizen advisory board for NOP |
| NRCS – National Resource Conservation Service |
| OCC – Organic Trade Association’s Certifiers Council |
| OFPA – Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (Title XXI of the 1990 Farm Bill) |
| OMRI – Organic Materials Review Institute, the TAP for USDA |
| OTA – Organic Trade Association |
| PACA – Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act |
| PCAL – Provisional Certification Action Level, proposed by OTA for use in cases of UREC |
| PDP – In these comments, the Pesticide Data Program of USDA, not "principle display panel" |
| QAC – Quality Assurance Committee of OTA |
| TAP – Technical Advisory Panel |
| UREC – unavoidable residual environmental contamination |
| USC – United States Code |
| USDA – United States Department of Agriculture |
