Safety Assessment of Foods and Feeds Derived from Transgenic Crops, Volume 3

Abbreviations and acronyms

1-MCP	1-methylcyclopropene
AAS	Amino acid score
ADF	Acid detergent fibre
AIU	α–amylase inhibitory unit
AUDA NEPAD-ABNE	Biosafety Network of Expertise of the African Union Development Agency
BGMV	Bean golden mosaic virus
BIAC	Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD
°C	Degree Celsius
CA	Controlled atmosphere (for apple storage)
Ca	Calcium
CGIAR	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIU	Chymotrypsin inhibitor unit
CRISPR/Cas9	Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats – associated protein 9
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DW	Dry weight basis
EHS	OECD Environment, Health and Safety Division, Environment Directorate
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Embrapa	Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
°F	Degree Fahrenheit
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FW	Fresh weight basis
g	Gramme
h	Hour
HU	Haemagglutinating unit
ILRI	International Livestock Research Institute
ILSI	International Life Research Institute
IRRI	International Rice Research Institute
IP5	Inositol pentaphosphate
IP6	Inositol hexakisphosphate
ISAAA	International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications
Joint Meeting	OECD Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology
K	Potassium
kDA	KiloDalton (atomic mass unit)
kg	Kilogramme
kJ	Kilojoule
kt	Kilotonne
µg	Microgramme
mg	Milligramme
Mg	Magnesium
min	Minute
ml	Millilitre
Mt	Million tonnes
n	Number of samples
NDF	Neutral detergent fibre
NFE	Nitrogen-free extract
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
P	Phosphorus
RASI	Rice alpha-amylase/subtilisin inhibitor
RBTI	Rice bran trypsin inhibitor
RFOs	Raffinose family oligosaccharides
TDN	Total digestible nutrients
TI	Trypsin inhibitor
TIU	Trypsin inhibitor unit
UCR	University of California
WG-SNFF	OECD Working Group for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds
WHO	World Health Organization