ACDP |
Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens |
ADAS |
Agricultural Development and Advisory Service |
ACDPWG |
ACDP Working Group |
ACVO |
Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer |
AFRC |
Agricultural and Food Research Council |
ALARP |
As Low As Reasonably Practicable |
AMI |
Authorised Meat Inspector |
Ante-mortem |
Before slaughter |
BABs |
Cattle that are verified as having been Born After the ruminant feed Ban, and which are confirmed to be suffering from BSE |
Biologicals |
Medicinal and other products made from biological materials |
BSC |
Biologicals Sub-Committee |
BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
BSEWG |
BSE Working Group |
BVA |
British Veterinary Association |
CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy (of the European Union) |
CDSM |
Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials |
CJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
CJDSU |
CJD Surveillance Unit, Edinburgh |
CMO |
Chief Medical Officer |
CNS |
Central nervous system |
CRM |
Committee on Review of Medicines |
CSM |
Committee on Safety of Medicines |
CTC |
Clinical Trial Certificate |
CTPA |
Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association |
CVL |
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge |
CVO |
Chief Veterinary Officer |
CWD |
Chronic Wasting Disease (in mule deer and elk) |
DANI |
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland |
DES |
Department of Education and Science (later the Department for Education and Employment) |
DFA |
Draft Factual Account |
DH |
Department of Health (until 1988 part of the Department of Health and Social Security, DHSS) |
DoE |
Department of the Environment (now the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions) |
DTI |
Department of Trade and Industry |
Dura mater |
The outermost and strongest of the three membranes which envelop the brain and spinal cord |
EC |
European Community (see EU) |
EHO |
Environmental Health Officer |
ELISA |
Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay |
EU |
European Union. When the EU came into existence on 1 November 1993 as a result of the Maastricht Treaty, it incorporated but did not replace the EC. In this Report the term EU is more generally used for consistency's sake (even if sometimes chronologically incorrect), except where specific reference is made to the functions conferred by the European Community Treaty or to its legal effect. |
Fell |
An animal's hide or skin with its hair |
FFI |
Fatal Familial Insomnia |
FSE |
Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy |
GSS |
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome, also known as Gerstmann-Sträussler Syndrome |
HMI |
Her Majesty's Inspector (of Schools) |
HSE |
Health and Safety Executive |
Index case |
A first case in a specified group |
JCVI |
Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation |
LA |
Local authority |
Lamming Committee |
Expert Group on Animal Feedingstuffs |
LRS |
Lymphoreticular system |
LVI |
Licensed (or Local) Veterinary Inspector |
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
MAIL |
Medicines Act Information Leaflet |
MBM |
Meat and bone meal |
MD |
Medicines Division (DH) |
MCA |
Medicines Control Agency, which became a separate body from DH in 1989 and an Executive Agency in 1991 |
MH1 |
A Meat Hygiene Inspection form |
MHS |
National Meat Hygiene Service |
MLC |
Meat and Livestock Commission |
MP |
Member of Parliament |
MRC |
Medical Research Council |
MRM |
Mechanically recovered meat |
MSSR |
The Meat (Sterilisation and Staining) Regulations 1982 |
NFU |
National Farmers' Union |
NHS |
National Health Service |
NI |
Northern Ireland |
NIBSC |
National Institute for Biological Standards and Control |
NPU |
Neuropathogenesis Unit, Edinburgh |
OIE |
Office International des Epizooties |
OPs |
Organophosphates or organophosphorus insecticides |
OVS |
Official Veterinary Surgeon |
PD |
Procurement Directorate (for the NHS) |
PHLS |
Public Health Laboratory Service |
Q&A |
Question and Answer |
RFA |
Revised Factual Account |
SBO |
Specified Bovine Offal (brain, spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines) |
SBO bans |
The 'human SBO ban' banned the sale or use of SBO in food for human consumption. The 'animal SBO ban' banned its use in animal feed and the feeding of SBO to animals |
SEAC |
Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee |
SEAR |
Safety, Efficacy and Adverse Reactions (a subcommittee of the CSM) |
SEs |
Spongiform Encephalopathies |
SVO |
Senior Veterinary Office |
SVS |
State Veterinary Service |
Territorial Departments |
A collective term used by officials in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as in Whitehall, to the Government Departments in the Welsh Office, the Scottish Office and Northern Ireland (hence also 'Territories') |
Titre |
A measure of concentration of a substance |
TME |
Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy |
Tolworth (Surrey) |
Part of MAFF: location of the Animal Health Group and of the headquarters of the SVS |
TSE |
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy |
UK |
United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Great Britain comprises England, Scotland and Wales) |
UKASTA |
UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association |
UKRA |
UK Renderers' Association |
vCJD |
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
VFS |
Veterinary Field Service |
VI |
Veterinary Investigation |
VIC |
Veterinary Investigation Centre of the VI Service |
VIO |
Veterinary Investigation Officer |
VI Service |
Veterinary Investigation Service |
VMD |
Veterinary Medicines Directorate |
VO |
Veterinary Officer |
VPC |
Veterinary Products Committee |
Zoonosis |
Animal disease that can be transmitted to humans |
