| Selected Acronyms
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| 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
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| TA | Talmadge-Aiken |
| TSE | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| TSP | Thrift Savings Plan |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| VMO | Veterinary Medical Officer |
| WL | Western Laboratory |
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