November 2010
ACRONYMS GUIDE
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AADM – Associate Assistant Deputy Minister
AAFC – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
AbLS – Abbreviated Labelling Standard
ADM – Assistant Deputy Minister
ADR – Adverse Drug Reaction
AO – Assessment Officer
AR – Adverse Reaction
ASC – Advertising Standards Canada
B
BCA – Broadcast Clearance Advisory
BEEP – NHPD email list which reaches all NHPD applicants and licensees
C
C&E – Compliance & Enforcement
CAND - Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors
CFIA – Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CGSB – Canadian General Standards Board
CHFA – Canadian Health Food Association
CHPC - Consumer Health Products Canada
COO – Canada Organic Office
COR – Canada Organic Regime
CORP – Canadian Organic Retailing Practices
COTA – Canada Organic Trade Association
CPLA – Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act
CPLR – Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations
D
DG – Director General
DIN – Drug Identification Number
DIN-HM – Drug Identification Number Homeopathic Medicine
DPA – Designated Party Authorization
DPD – Drug Products Database
E
e-PLA – electronic Product Licence Application
EC – Environment Canada
EN – Exemption Number
EU – European Union
F
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FD – Food Directorate
FDA – Food and Drug Administration (United States)
F&DA – Food and Drugs Act
F&DR – Food and Drug Regulations
FP – Finished Product
FPS – Finished Product Specifications
FRAC – Food Regulatory Advisory Committee
G
GCP – Good Clinical Practice
GE – Genetically Engineered
GLP – Good Laboratory Practice
GMO – Genetically Modified Organism
GMP – Good Manufacturing Practice
H
HC – Health Canada
HM PLA – Homeopathic Medicines Product Licence Application
HPFB – Health Products and Food Branch
HPFBI – Health Products and Food Branch Inspectorate
I
IFOAM – International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
IRN – Information Request Notice
ITCs - International Trade Certificates
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L
LNHPD – Licensed Natural Health Products Database
LS – Labelling Standard
M
MHPD – Marketed Health Products Directorate
MHSW – Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste
MI – Medicinal Ingredient
MP – Member of Parliament (Federal)
MPP – Member of Provincial Parliament (Provincial)
N
NAPRA – National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities
NHPD – Natural Health Products Directorate
NHP – Natural Health Product
NHP-PAC – Natural Health Products Program Advisory Committee
NHPID – Natural Health Products Ingredient Database
NHPP – Natural Health Products Program
NHPR – Natural Health Products Regulations
NMI – Non-medicinal Ingredients
Non-Trad. PLA – Non-Traditional Product Licence Application
NPN – Natural Product Number
NOP – National Organic Program
O
OFC – Organic Federation of Canada
OPR2009 – Organic Products Regulations, 2009
OVCRT – Organic Value Chain Roundtable
P
PAD – Product Assessment Division
PCPSA - Post Consumer Pharmaceutical Stewardship Association
PDN – Processing Deficiency Notice
PDR Health – Physicians’ Desk Reference Health
PL – Product Licence
PLA – Product Licence Application
PSCU – Product Submission Coordination Unit
PSL – Permitted Substances List
PT – Product Testing
Q
QAR – Quality Assurance Report
R
S
SAO – Submission Administration Officers
SAU – Submission Administration Unit
S&E – Safety and Efficacy
SC – Submission Coordinators
SL – Site Licence
SLA – Site Licence Application
SMD – Submission Management Division
SOE – Standards of Evidence
SOP – Standard Operating Procedures
T
TCM - Traditional Chinese Medicine
TPD – Therapeutic Products Directorate
Trad.PLA – Traditional Product Licence Application
U
UPLAR – Unprocessed Product Licence Applications Regulations
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
USP – United States Pharmacopeia
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W
WG – Working Group
WHO – World Health Organization
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