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Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Agricultural Compounds in Food: The Purpose and Procedure for Determining MRLs

Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms

Relevant Agencies

• ACVM Group: Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Group - The section of NZFSA responsible for the registration of agricultural compounds

• Codex: Codex Alimentarius Commission

• EMEA: European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products

• ERMA: Environmental Risk Management Authority

• FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

• FSANZ: Food Standards Australia New Zealand - a bi-national independent statutory authority that develops food standards for composition, labelling, contaminants, and microbiological limits, that apply to all processed foods produced or imported for sale in Australia and New Zealand

• JECFA: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

• JMPR: Joint Meeting of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Pesticide Residues and the WHO Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues

• NZFSA: New Zealand Food Safety Authority

• OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

• TTMRA: Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement

• USEPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency

• WHO: World Health Organization

• WTO: World Trade Organization

Technical Terms

• ADI: Acceptable Daily Intake - the daily intake which, during an entire lifetime, appears to be without appreciable risk on the basis of all the known facts at the time

• GAP: Good Agricultural Practice

• GEMS: Global Environment Monitoring System - Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme

• GLP: Good Laboratory Practice

• MRL: Maximum Residue Limit

• NEDI: National Estimated Daily Intake

• NOAEL: No Observed Adverse Effect Level

• NOEL: No Observed Effect Level

• PDE_(food): Potential daily exposure via food

• STMR: Supervised Trial Median Residue

• TMDI: Theoretical Maximum Daily Intake

• WHP: Withholding Period