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Technical Report Risk Profile on Edible Insects

Edible insects: Acronyms

A full explanation of the acronyms used in the risk profile for edible insects technical report.

Last updated: 3 October 2022
Last updated: 3 October 2022
Acronym Definition
AMR/AR Antimicrobial resistance
DM Dry matter
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
FSA Food Standards Agency
ACNFP Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
CFU Colony forming units
EU European Union
UK United Kingdom
TAC Total aerobic count
YMC Yeast and moulds count
PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls
DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
AF Aflatoxin
SDS-PAGE Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
MALDI Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
TOF

Time of flight

MS Mass spectrometry