International trade: Glossary
This page defines the abbreviations used on the Defra International Trade site. It is not intended as a specialist dictionary of the technical terms used.
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ABC - Artificial breeding controls
ADAS - Agricultural Development and Advisory Service
AHDO - Animal Health Divisional Office
AHO - Animal Health Office
AI - artificial insemination
API - Animal Product Information [Customer Information Note]
BAEC - British Agricultural Export Council
BARIMO - Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995
BAS - Beef Assurance Scheme
BIP - Border Inspection Post
BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
BVA - British Veterinary Association
CAE - Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis
CBRD - Cattle Birth Record Document
CCD - Cattle Control Document
CID - Cattle Identification Document
CIN - Customer Information Note
CVED - Common Veterinary Entry Document
CVL - Central Veterinary Laboratory
CWD - Chronic Wasting Disease
DANI - Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland
DARDNI - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland
DBES - Date-based Export Scheme
Defra - Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DETR - Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
DH/DoH - Department of Health
DTI - Department of Trade and Industry
DVM - Divisional Veterinary Manager
DVO - Divisional Veterinary Officer
EBL - Enzootic Bovine Leukosis
EC - European Community
ECHS - Export Certified Herds Scheme
ECJ - European Court of Justice
ECU - European Currency Unit
EU - European Union
FSE - Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy
GATT - General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
GB - Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland)
HMG - Her Majesty's Government
HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationary Office
IBEA - Intervention Board Executive Agency
IIN - Importer Information Note
IMP - Indicative Market Price
LASSA - Licensed Animal Slaughter and Salvage Association
LVI - Local Veterinary Inspector
MAFF - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
MBM - Meat and Bone Meal
MEP - Member of the European Parliament
MLC - Meat and Livestock Commission
MMBM - Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal
MHS - Meat Hygiene Service
MRM - Mechanically Recovered Meat
MRC - Medical Research Council
N/A - Not Applicable
NAWAD - National Assembly for Wales: Agriculture Department
NFU - National Farmers Union
NI - Northern Ireland
OIE - Office International des Epizooties
OP - Organophosphates
OTMS - Over Thirty Months (Slaughter) Scheme
OVS - Official Veterinary Surgeon
PAP - Processed Animal Protein
PHA - Port Health Authority
POAO - Product of Animal Origin
RSC - Regional Service Centre
SBM - Specified Bovine Material(s)
SEERAD - Scottish Executive: Environment and Rural Affairs Department
SRM - Specified Risk Material
SBO - Specified Bovine Offal
SI - Statutory Instrument
SR - Statutory Regulate
SVC - Standing Veterinary Committee
TB - tuberculosis
TID - Trader Information Document
TSE - transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
UK - United Kingdom (England Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)
USA - United States of America
UKASTA - United Kingdom Agricultural Supply Trade Association
VIC - Veterinary Investigation Centre
VLA - Veterinary Laboratories Agency
WATO - Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997
WHO - World Health Organisation
WTO - World Trade Organisation
XAP - Export Approved Premises
Page last modified:
March 11, 2008
Page published: June 1, 2006