Abbreviations

ADI	Acceptable daily intake
Agricola	Agricultural on-line access
Agris	Agricultural Research Information Service
a.i.	Active ingredient
CAB	Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux
CCPR	Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (a committee that forms a subsidiary body to organization of the Joint FAO/
	WHO Food Standards Programme, the Codex Alimentarius)
CINVESTAV	Centro de Investigaciones y estudios Avanzados de IPN, Mexico
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency of the United States
FAO	Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
IUPAC	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
HnRNA	Heterodisperse nuclear ribonucleic acid
JMPR	Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues
LC99	Concentration required to kill 99% of test animals
LD50	Dose required to kill 50% of test animals
MRL	Maximum residue levels
NOAEL (90-d)	No observed adverse effect level within 90 days
ppb	Parts per billion (µg/kg)
ppm	Parts per million (mg/kg)
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
r.h.	Relative humidity
WHO	World Health Organization
>	Greater than
<	Less than