| ACTSO | Association of Chief Trading Standards Officers |
| APHA | Animal and Plant Health Agency |
| CHED | Common Health Entry Document |
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development |
| CPPD | Continuing Personal and Professional Development |
| CTSI | Chartered Trading Standards Institute |
| CTSIPCF | Chartered Trading Standards Institute Professional Competency Framework |
| DAERA | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs |
| DCA | Diploma in Consumer Affairs |
| DCATS | Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs |
| DFN | Detention of Feed Notice |
| DPA | Data Processing Agreement |
| DPIA | Data Protection and Info Assets |
| DSLA | Delegated Service Level Agreement |
| DTS | Diploma in Trading Standards |
| EC | European Commission |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
| ERDM | Electronic Records and Document Management |
| ETSF | External Temporary Storage Facility |
| EU | European Union |
| FAFA | Feed Alerts for Action |
| FBEPN | Feed Business Emergency Prohibition Notice |
| FBEPO | Feed Business Emergency Prohibition Order |
| FBIN | Feed Business Improvement Notice |
| FBO | Food Business Operator |
| FBPO | Feed Business Prohibition Order |
| FDB | Feed Delivery Branch |
| FeBE | Feed Business Establishment |
| FeBO | Feed Business Operator |
| FMIS | Feed Management Information System |
| FOAO | Food of Animal Origin |
| FSS | Food Standards Scotland |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulations |
| GIS | Geographical Information System |
| GMO | Genetically Modified Organism |
| HACCP | Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points |
| HRFNAO | High Risk Food Not of Animal Origin |
| IAT | Incidents Assessment Team |
| INFOSAN | International Food Safety Authorities Network |
| IMF | Incident Management Framework |
| IPAFFS | Imports of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System |
| LA | Local Authority |
| Non-POAO | Products Not of Animal Origin |
| POAO | Products of Animal Origin |
| SFCIU | Scottish Food Crime and Incident Unit |
| SFSD | Scottish Food Sampling Database |
| SIT | Strategic Incident Team |
| TSE | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| TSPD | Trading Standards Practitioner Diploma |
| TSQF | Trading Standards Qualification Framework |
| VMD | Veterinary Medicines Directorate |
| WDFN | Withdrawal of Detention of Feed Notice |
