Selected Acronyms |
AAR |
Acquisition Approval Request |
ADRS |
Animal Disposition Reporting System |
AIIS |
Automated Import Inspection System |
ALP |
Accredited Laboratory Program |
AMR |
Advanced Meat Recovery |
AMS |
Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA |
ANPR |
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA |
ARS |
Agricultural Research Service, USDA |
ASD |
Administrative Services Division |
BD |
Budget Division |
BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
CAC |
Codex Alimentarius Commission |
CBP |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CIFOR |
Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response |
CCMS |
Consumer Compliant Monitoring System |
CFL |
Center for Learning |
CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
CID |
Compliance and Investigations Division |
CPAO |
Congressional and Public Affairs Office |
COOP |
Continuity of Operations Plans |
CRD |
Civil Rights Division |
CSI |
Consumer Safety Inspector |
CSO |
Consumer Safety Officer |
CSRS |
Civil Service Retirement System |
DAIG |
Data Analysis and Integration Group |
DCC |
Data Coordination Committee |
DHHS (HHS) |
(U.S. Department of) Health and Human Services |
DHS |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
DO |
District Office |
DVMS |
District Veterinary Medical Specialist |
eCFR |
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations |
ECIMS |
Executive Correspondence and Issues Management Staff |
EED |
Evaluation and Enforcement Division |
EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunity |
EIAO |
Enforcement, Investigations, and Analysis Officer |
EL |
Eastern Laboratory |
eOFP |
Electronic Official Personnel Folder |
EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
EPIA |
Egg Products Inspection Act |
ERT |
Emergency Response Team |
FAS |
Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA |
FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services |
FEGLI |
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance |
FEHB |
Federal Employees Health Benefits |
FERN |
Federal Emergency Response Network |
FERS |
Federal Employees Retirement System |
FLS |
Frontline Supervisor |
FMD |
Financial Management Division |
FMIA |
Federal Meat Inspection Act |
FNS |
Food and Nutrition Service, USDA |
FO |
Field Operations (Office of Field Operations) |
FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
FSES |
Food Safety Education Staff |
FSIS |
Food Safety and Inspection Service |
FSWG |
President's Food Safety Working Group |
GPO |
U.S. Government Printing Office |
HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
HIKE |
Humane Interactive Knowledge Scenario |
HMSA |
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act |
HRD |
Human Resources Division |
IA |
Interagency Agreement |
ICAD |
Internal Control and Audit Division |
IIC |
Inspector-in-Charge |
IID |
Import Inspection Division |
IES |
International Equivalence Staff |
IKE |
Interactive Knowledge Exchange |
ISSP |
Information Systems Security Program |
LCPS |
Labeling and Consumer Protection Staff |
LERD |
Labor and Employee Relations Division |
LPDD |
Labeling and Product Delivery Division |
MD |
Microbiology Division |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MPI |
Meat and Poultry Inspection |
MWL |
Midwestern Laboratory |
NACMCF |
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods |
NACMPI |
National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection |
NAL |
National Agricultural Library, USDA |
NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration |
NIFA |
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA |
NFSEM |
National Food Safety Education Month |
OA |
Office of the Administrator |
OCHRO |
Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer |
OCIP |
Office of Catfish Inspection Programs |
ODIFP |
Office of Data Integration and Food Protection |
OEDB |
Organization and Employee Development Branch |
OFO |
Office of Field Operations |
OIA |
Office of International Affairs |
OCIO |
Office of the Chief Information Officer |
OM |
Office of Management |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President |
OOEET |
Office of Outreach, Employee Education and Training |
OPACE |
Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education |
OPEER |
Office of Program Evaluation, Enforcement and Review |
OPHS |
Office of Public Health Science |
OPM |
U.S. Office of Personnel Management |
OPPD |
Office of Policy and Program Development |
PBIS |
Performance Based Inspection System |
PDD |
Policy Development Division |
PEIS |
Program Evaluation and Improvement Staff |
PFGE |
Pulse-Field Gel Electrophoresis |
PHIS |
Public Health Information System |
PHHRS |
Public Health Human Resources System Demonstration Project |
PHV |
Public Health Veterinarian |
PPIA |
Poultry Products Inspection Act |
RAD |
Risk Assessment Division |
RGB/RGBC |
Raw Ground Beef; Raw Ground Beef Components |
RMD |
Recall Management Division |
SCD |
Service Computation Date |
SSOP |
Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure |
STEC |
Shiga-toxin Producing Escherichia coli |
TA |
Talmadge-Aiken |
TSE |
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy |
TSP |
Thrift Savings Plan |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
VMO |
Veterinary Medical Officer |
WL |
Western Laboratory |