Assessment Report of Costa Rica's Food Safety Control System for Fresh Fruit
Abbreviations and special terms used in the report
- AyA
- Instituto Costarricense de Aqueductos y Alcantarillados (National Water Authority)
- CA
- Competent Authority
- CATR
- Central American Technical Regulation
- CCSS
- Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Costa Rican Social Security Fund)
- CFIA
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- ECA
- Costa Rican Accreditation Entity
- EM
- Environmental Manager
- EU
- European Union
- FF
- Fresh Fruit
- GAPs
- Good Agricultural Practices
- GHPs
- Good Hygiene Practices
- GMPs
- Good Manufacturing Practices
- INA
- National Training Institute
- INCIENSA
- Instituto Costarricense de Investigacion y Ensenanza en Nutricion y Salud (The Costa Rican Institute for Research and Education in Nutrition and Health)
- INFOSAN
- International Food Safety Authorities Network
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- LNA
- Laboratorio nacional des aguas (National water laboratory)
- LRE
- Laboratorio de Análisis de Residuos de Agroquímicos (Laboratory for chemical residue analysis)
- MAG
- Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia (Ministry of Agriculture)
- MEIC
- Ministerio de Economica, Industria y Comercio de Costa Rica (Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade)
- MOH
- Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health)
- NCs
- Non-compliances
- NFSS
- National Food Safety System
- PPE
- Personal Protective Equipment
- PROCOMER
- Promotora del Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica (Promoter of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica)
- SEPAN
- Secretaría de la Política Nacional De Alimentación y Nutrición (Secretariat of the Food and Nutrition Policy), MOH
- SENASA
- Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (National Animal Health Service
- SFE
- Servicio Fitosanitario Del Estado (State Phytosanitary Service, MAG)
- USA
- United States of America
- Date modified: