| 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 |
