| ALJ administrative law judge |
| AMS Agricultural Marketing Service of USDA; oversees NOP |
| AOS American Organic Standards, OTAs 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 Associations 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 |
