ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
ANSES | French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety |
BfR | The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment |
CEVA | Algae Technology & Information Centre |
CFU | Colony forming unit |
DVFA | Danish Veterinary and Food Administration |
EC | European Commission |
EEA | European Economic Area |
EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
EU | European Union |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Heavy metals | In this report heavy metals refer to cadmium, lead, mercury, and inorganic arsenic |
IMTA | Integrated multitrophic aquaculture |
LOD | Limit of Detection |
ML | Maximum Level |
MRL | Maximum Residue Level |
NFSA | The Norwegian Food Safety Authority |
PAH | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
PCB | Polychlorinated biphenyls |
PFAS | Perfluoroalkyl substances |
RASFF | Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed – the European reporting system where information about food hazardous to health is exchanged between the EU Commission, EU Member States, EFTA, ESA, Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland, and Switzerland |
SCF | Scientific Committee for Food (now EFSA) |
TWI | Tolerable Weekly Intake |
WHO | World Health Organization |