| 1-MCP | 1-methylcyclopropene |
| AAS | Amino acid score |
| ADF | Acid detergent fibre |
| AIU | α–amylase inhibitory unit |
| AUDA NEPAD-ABNE | Biosafety Network of Expertise of the African Union Development Agency |
| BGMV | Bean golden mosaic virus |
| BIAC | Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD |
| °C | Degree Celsius |
| CA | Controlled atmosphere (for apple storage) |
| Ca | Calcium |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CIU | Chymotrypsin inhibitor unit |
| CRISPR/Cas9 | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats – associated protein 9 |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DW | Dry weight basis |
| EHS | OECD Environment, Health and Safety Division, Environment Directorate |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| Embrapa | Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation |
| °F | Degree Fahrenheit |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FW | Fresh weight basis |
| g | Gramme |
| h | Hour |
| HU | Haemagglutinating unit |
| ILRI | International Livestock Research Institute |
| ILSI | International Life Research Institute |
| IRRI | International Rice Research Institute |
| IP5 | Inositol pentaphosphate |
| IP6 | Inositol hexakisphosphate |
| ISAAA | International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications |
| Joint Meeting | OECD Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology |
| K | Potassium |
| kDA | KiloDalton (atomic mass unit) |
| kg | Kilogramme |
| kJ | Kilojoule |
| kt | Kilotonne |
| µg | Microgramme |
| mg | Milligramme |
| Mg | Magnesium |
| min | Minute |
| ml | Millilitre |
| Mt | Million tonnes |
| n | Number of samples |
| NDF | Neutral detergent fibre |
| NFE | Nitrogen-free extract |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| P | Phosphorus |
| RASI | Rice alpha-amylase/subtilisin inhibitor |
| RBTI | Rice bran trypsin inhibitor |
| RFOs | Raffinose family oligosaccharides |
| TDN | Total digestible nutrients |
| TI | Trypsin inhibitor |
| TIU | Trypsin inhibitor unit |
| UCR | University of California |
| WG-SNFF | OECD Working Group for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
Safety Assessment of Foods and Feeds Derived from Transgenic Crops, Volume 3
Common bean, Rice, Cowpea and Apple Compositional Considerations
Novel Food and Feed Safety
