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This page provides a list of the most commonly used acronyms and abbreviations found on the Food Distribution web site. For a printer-friendly version of the list shown below, please click HERE

AAA Area Agencies on Aging
ACDA   American Commodity Distribution Association  
AMS   Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA  
ASFSA   American School Food Service Association  
CACFP  Child & Adult Care Food Program, FNS/USDA  
CAP Commodity Acceptability Progress [Reports]
CCC Commodity Credit Corporation, FSA/USDA
CI   Charitable Institutions  
CID Commercial Item Description
CDC   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS
CIC   Commodity Improvement Council, USDA  
CLOC   Commodity Letter of Credit  
CR   Civil Rights  
CSFP   Commodity Supplemental Food Program, FNS/USDA 
DASNP  Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs (SNP), FNS/USDA 
DHHS Department of Health & Human Services
ECOS   Electronic Commodity Ordering System  
EDI   Electronic Data Interchange [System]  
EFOs Emergency Feeding Organizations
F Food Distribution, FNS/USDA  
FDA   Food and Drug Administration, DHHS
FDPIR  Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, FNS/USDA   
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FNCS Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
FNIC Food and Nutrition Information Center
FNS   Food and Nutrition Service, USDA  
FNSRO Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Regional Office
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FSA   Farm Service Agency, USDA  
FSIS   Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA  
FSMC   Food Service Management Companies  
FSP   Food Stamp Program, FNS/USDA  
FY Fiscal Year
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 
HHP   Household Programs, FNS/USDA
ITOs   Indian Tribal Organizations  
KCCO   Kansas City Commodity Office, FSA/USDA  
NAFDPIR   National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations  
NSIP   Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP), FNS/USDA 
--- formerly the Nutrition Program for the Elderly (NPE)  
NSLP   National School Lunch Program, FNS/USDA  
NPE Nutrition Program for the Elderly (NPE), FNS/USDA --- now called the Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP), FNS/USDA
OANE Office of Analysis, Nutrition and Evaluation, FNS/USDA  
OIG   Office of the Inspector General, USDA  
OGC   Office of General Counsel, USDA  
OMB   Office of Management and Budget
P.L. Public Law
PCIMS   Processed Commodity Inventory Management System  
S&I   Schools & Institutions  
SBP   School Breakfast Program, FNS/USDA  
SC   Summer Camps  
SDA State distributing agency
SEA State education agency
SFA   School Food Authority  
SFSP   Summer Food Service Program, FNS/USDA  
SOC   Senior Oversight Committee, AMS/FNS/FSA 
SOC State Option Contracts [Program], AMS/FNS/USDA
SDA State distributing agency
SEA State education agency
SNP   Special Nutrition Programs, FNS/USDA 
SY School Year
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families New item.
TEFAP  The Emergency Food Assistance Program,  FNS/USDA 
USDA   United States Department of Agriculture  
WIC   Women, Infants and Children, FNS/USDA  


If there are any other related acronyms or abbreviations that  you think should be added to this  list, please e-mail them to us at: fdd-psb@fns.usda.gov

 

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