| 510(k) | Premarket notification for medical devices substantially equivalent to products already on the market |
| AADA | Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application
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| ADAA | Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996
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| ADE | Adverse Drug Event
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| ADR | Adverse Drug Report
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| AERS | Adverse Events Reporting System
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| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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| ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application
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| ANSI | American National Standards Institute
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| BLA | Biologic License Application
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| BRFS | Behavioral Risk Factors Survey
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| BRMS | Biologics Regulatory Management System
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| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease)
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| CARS | Compliance Achievement Reporting System
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| CBER | FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
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| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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| CDER | FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
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| CDRH | FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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| CFSAN | FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
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| CGMPs | Current Good Manufacturing Practices
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| CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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| COMIS | Center-wide Oracle Management Information System
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| COMSTAT | Compliance Status Information System
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| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
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| CRS | Contamination Response System
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| CVM | FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
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| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services
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| DOD | Department of Defense
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| DoL | Department of Labor
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| DRLS | Drug Registration and Listing System
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| DSHEA | Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act
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| EDR | Electronic Document Room
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| EIR | Establishment Inspection Report
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| ELA | Establishment License Application
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| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency
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| ETS | Environmental Tobacco Smoke
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| EU | European Union
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| FACTS | Field Accomplishment and Compliance Tracking System |
| FAO | United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
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| FAS | USDA Foreign Agriculture Service
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| FDAMA | Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997
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| FD&C Act | Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
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| FPLA | Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
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| FSI | National Food Safety Initiative
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| FTE | Full-time employees
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| FY 1999 | Fiscal Year 1999 (October 1998 - September 1999)
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| GAPs | Good Agricultural Practices
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| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
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| GMPs | Good Manufacturing Practices
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| GRAS | Generally Recognized as Safe food ingredients
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| HACCP | Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (a quality assurance and inspection technique)
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| ICH | International Conference on Harmonization
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| IDE | Investigational Device Exemption
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| INADA | Investigational New Animal Drug Application
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| IND | Investigational New Drug
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| ISO | International Standards Organization
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| IT | Information technology
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| JIFSAN | Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
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| LAN | Local Area Network
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| MDR | Medical Device Reporting system
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| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding
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| MQSA | Mammography Quality Standards Act
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| NADA | New Animal Drug Application
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| MRA | Mutual Recognition Agreement
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| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement
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| NASS | National Agricultural Statistics Survey
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| NCTR | FDA National Center for Toxicological Research
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| NDA | New Drug Application
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| NDE/MIS | New Drug Evaluation Management Information System
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| NIDA | National Institute on Drug Abuse
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| NIEHS | National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
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| NLEA | Nutrition Labeling and Education Act
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| NME | New Molecular Entity
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| NPR | National Performance Review
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| NSE | Not substantially equivalent determination
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| NTP | National Toxicology Program
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| OASIS | Operational and Administrative System for Import Support
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| ORA | FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs
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| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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| OTC | Over-the-counter
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| PAS | FDA Public Affairs Specialist
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| PDUFA | Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992
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| PIMA | Pesticide Management Improvement Act
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| PLA | Product License Application
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| PMA | Pre-Market Approval (Application to market medical device that requires pre-market approval)
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| PODS | Project-Oriented Data System
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| RCHSA | Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act
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| REGO | Reinventing government initiative
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| RVIS | Residue Violation Information System
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| SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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| SN/AEMS | Special Nutritionals Adverse Events Monitoring System
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| UMCP | University of Maryland-College Park
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| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture
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| VFD | Veterinary Feed Directive
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| WHO | United Nations World Health Organization
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| WTO | World Trade Organization
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